Research Consent Form template

An informed-consent template with the pieces an ethics board expects to see: a study-information statement, a required checklist of four acknowledgments, an explicit audio-recording question, and a legally meaningful signature field. Participants confirm each point individually rather than agreeing to a wall of text with one checkbox.

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8 questions · works on the free plan (500 responses/month) · fully customizable

E-signature question

What’s inside

The questions this template ships with — rename, reorder, or delete any of them in the builder.

01About this studyStatement

02Your full legal nameShort text

03Please confirm each of the followingCheckboxes

04Do you consent to the session being audio-recorded?Multiple choice

05Today's dateDate

06Sign to confirm your consentE-signature

When to use this template

A PhD candidate collecting signed consent before recorded 45-minute interviews, as the template's study description models
A usability lab that records sessions and needs a documented yes-or-no on recording separate from general consent
A research coordinator replacing paper consent packets that participants kept forgetting to bring to their sessions
A community-research project where participants sign remotely before a phone interview

Tips to get more from it

The acknowledgment checklist is a required multi-select, so participants must tick all four statements — voluntariness, withdrawal, data handling, and age — before they can proceed
Recording consent is its own question with a written-notes-only alternative; the answer lands in your responses as a clear field you can check before pressing record
Rewrite the "About this study" statement to match your protocol exactly — it's a statement field, so it displays information without asking for input
The signature field requires the Pro plan to publish; everything else in the form runs on free, so budget for Pro if signatures are non-negotiable for your IRB

Questions people ask

Are electronic signatures on a consent form valid for research?

Zunoform captures a drawn signature with the submission record, including its date. Whether e-signatures satisfy your ethics board is a policy question for your IRB, so confirm with them before switching from paper.

Do I need a paid plan for a signature field?

You can build and test the form on the free plan, but publishing a form with a signature field requires Pro at $14.99/mo. The checklist, statement, and date fields all publish free.

Can participants get a copy of what they signed?

There's no automatic copy sent to participants, which is why the template's ending invites them to request one — you can export their submission and share it on request.