Below is a link that will take you to the a document explaining the terms of Purdue University's Federal-Wide Assurance (FWA) with the federal government by which faculty and staff are required to abide. When you sign your human subjects application you are stating that you have received a copy of this document and will abide by all the requirements therein.

Please note, however, that Purdue University applies the terms of the FWA to all human subject research conducted by University employees, not just federally funded research.

Our Federal-Wide Assurance number is: 00001548

http://ohrp.osophs.dhhs.gov/humansubjects/assurance/filasurt.htm