# VenturePath Research Participant Information & Consent: Owner and Counsel Review Copy

**Version:** 0.1 · **Review date:** 25 July 2026

> Customize for each study. Do not use until the named research owner, institution, jurisdiction, participant population, and tools are reviewed. Minors are excluded.

## Study information

- Study title: `[INSERT]`
- Research owner/entity: `[INSERT]`
- Purpose and decision this research informs: `[INSERT]`
- Why invited / inclusion criteria: `[INSERT]`
- Activities and duration: `[INSERT]`
- Voluntary nature and compensation: `[INSERT]`
- Foreseeable risks/discomforts and mitigations: `[INSERT]`
- Expected direct benefit (often none) and wider benefit: `[INSERT]`

## Data and access

Specify separately:

- screening/contact data;
- interview notes and participant code;
- audio/video recording;
- transcript;
- exact quotations and whether attributed/anonymized;
- follow-up contact;
- team/mentor/institution access;
- AI transcription/analysis provider, location, retention, and human review;
- retention/deletion date; and
- publication or commercial product use.

## Participant choices

Use separate unticked choices, as applicable:

- `[ ]` I consent to participate in the interview/activity.
- `[ ]` I consent to audio recording.
- `[ ]` I consent to video recording.
- `[ ]` I consent to AI-assisted transcription/analysis under the described provider terms.
- `[ ]` I permit anonymized quotations.
- `[ ]` I permit attributed quotations using this name/title: `[INSERT]`.
- `[ ]` I permit follow-up contact until `[DATE]`.

Declining recording, AI, quotation, or follow-up should not prevent participation unless essential; explain any essential condition before consent.

## Withdrawal and limits

Explain how to withdraw, the deadline, what can still be deleted, and when anonymized/aggregated findings or published material can no longer reasonably be withdrawn. Participation is not a sales condition and declining has no penalty.

Research contact: `[INSERT]`  
Privacy/complaints contact: `[INSERT]`  
Consent date/method/version: `[SYSTEM RECORD]`