IRB Submission and Meeting Schedule

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NOTE: ONLY category C reviews require full board review and must meet these deadlines for the monthly meetings. All other applications may be submitted at any time.

The Social, Behavioral & Educational Research (SBER) IRB reviews all non-clinical human subjects research protocols including, but not limited to behavioral observations/recordings, evaluation of behavioral/social interventions or manipulations, educational assessments, interviews, surveys, cognitive tests, and analysis of documents that were previously gathered for non-research purposes.  The Committee will typically review studies from disciplines including, but not limited to, psychology, humanities, education, anthropology, business, public administration, journalism, history, and environmental studies. 

*Assignment of protocols that do not involve the disciplines or procedures described above will be decided on a case-by-case basis at the discretion of the IRB Chairs or Director, Research Integrity.

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Schedule for SBER-IRB Committee Meetings

Meetings conducted every second Thursday of the month.
** These dates are subject to change.

IRB Submission Due Date Full Board Review Meeting Date
December 29, 2022 January 12, 2023
January 26, 2023 February 9, 2023
February 23, 2023 March 9, 2023
March 30, 2023 April 13, 2023
April 27, 2023 May 11, 2023
May 25, 2023 June 8, 2023
June 29, 2023 July 13, 2023
July 27, 2023 August 10, 2023
August 31, 2023 September 14, 2023
September 28, 2023 October 12, 2023
October 26, 2023 November 9, 2023
November 30, 2023 December 14, 2023

The Health Sciences IRB (HS) reviews all clinical and health- related human subjects research protocols (except those that meet the criteria for review by Western IRB). Protocols involving experimental treatment of patient populations, invasive biological or medical techniques, HIPAA-protected personal health information, blood draws, collection of tissues/specimens, exercise studies, or use of non-invasive procedures routinely used in clinical practice (such as EEG, MRI, sensory testing, etc.) will automatically be referred by the IRB office to the Health Sciences IRB. Assignment of protocols that involve behavioral interventions at a clinical site will be decided on a case-by-case basis and not solely on the location of the research.

*Assignment of protocols that do not involve the procedures described above will be decided on a case-by-case basis at the discretion of the IRB Chairs or Director, Research Integrity.

Schedule for HS-IRB Committee Meetings

Meeting every third Friday of the month.
** These dates are subject to change.

IRB Submission Due Date Full Board Review Meeting Date
January 6, 2023 January 20, 2023
February 3, 2023 February 17, 2023
March 3, 2023 March 17, 2023
April 7, 2023 April 21, 2023
May 5, 2023 May 19, 2023
June 2, 2023 June 16, 2023
July 7, 2023 July 21, 2023
August 4, 2023 August 18, 2023
September 1, 2023 September 15, 2023
October 6, 2023 October 20, 2023
November 3, 2023 November 17, 2023
December 1, 2023 December 15, 2023

Spring 2020 IRB Overview Workshops

Workshops for Faculty and Staff primarily working with faculty are conducted on the second Thursday of each month.
Workshops for Students and Staff primarily working with students are conducted on the third Wednesday of each month.
** These dates are subject to change.

See IRB Training Calendar and register for a workshop here.

Please direct questions and comments to researchintegrity@fau.edu.