Should I write the proposal or the IRB application first?
The proposal, generally, because the IRB application depends on a settled design. Look at the IRB form early though, since it often asks questions your proposal should already answer, and it can reveal gaps while they are still cheap to fix.
This comes up on Dissertation Proposal Support, where it is answered in the context of the work itself.
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