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Research Responsibility and Compliance

Human Subjects: Institutional Review Board (IRB)

The primary role of the IRB is to ensure ethical treatment of research participants. While IRB review for protection of human participants in research is a matter of institutional policy and Federal law, these policies and law are informed by the ethical principles outlined in the 1979 Belmont Report: http://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/humansubjects/guidance/belmont.htm

All research involving human participants (subjects) be reviewed and approved by the University's Institutional Review Board for Protection of Human Participants (IRB) before you begin collecting data. This peer review ensures that adequate measures are used to protect the individuals who volunteer to participate in your study. All human research must be approved by the IRB. No research is exempt from review.

What is involved/what can I expect?

Submit your completed IRB application, with all required attachments, to the Office of Grants and Faculty Development, Suite 214 Dempsey Hall.

DO NOT begin recruiting participants or collecting data until IRB review is complete and you have received confirmation of approval.

A staff member will perform an initial review to determine that the application is complete and what level of review is required for the project. The level of review is determined by the level of risk participants are asked to assume when engaging in the research.

Review will take 1-2 weeks for an “exempt” review; 2-5 weeks for an “expedited” review; 3-6 weeks for a “full board” review.

For inquiries regarding the status of your review, contact Cynthia Maas (maasc at uwosh.edu, or 424-3215).

If the reviewers determine changes must be made to your research plan, you will be contacted directly.

When your project is approved, you will receive written confirmation from the IRB that you are cleared to proceed with your participant recruitment and data collection.

Information for application process (please click on the links below):

• IRB Application for Research Approval
• Information about Informed Consent
• Sample Informed Consent Document
• Sample Participant Information Sheet
• Information about “Exempt” and “Non-Exempt” Research

For more information contact:

• Linda Freed, Director, Office of Grants and Faculty Development at 424-3215
• Dr. Fran Rauscher, IRB Chair, at 424-7172
• The IRB member representing your college:

Frances Rauscher, Psychology--IRB Chair
Linda Freed, Office of Grants and Faculty Development
Ben Arbaugh, College of Business
Soo-Young Moon, College of Business
George Pouba, Community Representative
Janet Hagen, COEHS-Human Services
Judy Lambert, COEHS-Reading Education
Mark Lattery, Physics/Astronomy
Loretta Mason, COEHS
Larry Herzberg, Philosophy
David Lishner, Psychology

References:

UW Oshkosh IRB Policy regarding Human Subjects Research:
http://www.uwosh.edu/grants/documents/PDF/IRB_policy_statement.pdf

Code of Federal Regulations Title 45, part 46, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Policy for Protection of Human Research Subjects:
http://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/humansubjects/guidance/45cfr46.htm

HHS Office of Human Research Protections Institutional Review Board Guidebook:
http://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/irb/irb_guidebook.htm

American Psychological Association Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct, Section 8, Research and Publication :
http://www.apa.org/ethics/code2002.html#8

Terms of the Federal-wide Assurance
http://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/humansubjects/assurance/filasurt.htm