IRB Information The new "IRB Application Form" that all members of the UTPB community who wish to conduct research using human subjects must complete are available as described below. Once you complete your form (application) on a WORD document electronically to Dr. Olson at olson_j@utpb.edu, and submit a printed, signed copy of your application to Dr. Olson (office 3200 or Dept. of Psychology Office). The printed form must have the original signatures of all relevant supervisory personnel. This form can be found on the UTPB web site under University Forms and on the Graduate Studies page. All the forms can be downloaded to the applicants' computer.
The faculty and student application form is available here in WORD document form.
When you have completed your application, change form, or adverse event form you can upload it and submit it electronically to Dr. Olson at olson_j@utpb.edu. The NIH Protecting Human Research Participants training course is available at http://phrp.nihtraining.com/users/login.php All researchers must have a current course completion certificate. Any certificate that is more than one year old should be renewed. You must also submit a printed copy of your application, change form, or adverse event form to Dr. Olson in 3200 or the Dept. of Psychology office. The printed form must have the original signatures of all relevant supervisory personnel. Your application, change form, or adverse event form will not be processed until both the electronic copy and a signed original paper copy have been submitted to Dr. Olson.
Below you will find a description of each of the forms.
Applicants who have questions regarding the governance of human subjects research are urged to visit the Health and Human Services web site. http://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/humansubjects/guidance/
The regulations cited within are those that govern human subjects research at any institution including The University of Texas of the Permian Basin.
Student (Undergraduate & Graduate) Application Form to Engage in a Study Using Human Participants (this is a new form as of Sept. 2012). This form may be used by undergraduate students who are doing supervised independent research as part of a class (e.g. PSYC 4393). This same form may be used by faculty who wish to have an entire class conduct a course-based research project in an undergraduate course. It may also be used for contract study courses and Masters Thesis. Students and faculty who use this form should expect the review to require a minimum of ten working days for review (although our goal is to have feedback within six working days). Applications may receive approval without the need for further review or may be returned for revision. All applications that are returned for revision should be revised as per the comments of the IRB committee reviewers and returned for review and approval as soon as possible. All students and faculty who receive IRB clearance for a project are hereby informed that if they change their project or if an adverse event occurs during the conduct of the study, the investigator must immediately file a Research Ethics Change form or an Adverse Events form (see below). Research Ethics Change and Adverse Events forms will be reviewed and cleared as quickly as possible by the IRB Chair. If it is necessary to file a change or adverse event report, the investigator must halt their project until the change or adverse event report has been reviewed and cleared.
IRB Application Form for Project Approval
All persons, undergraduate, graduate, faculty, or staff who are conducting research that is not associated with a course must complete an application for project approval. All such applications will be reviewed and approved by the IRB committee. Students and faculty who use this form should expect the review to require a minimum of ten working days for review (although our goal is to have feedback within six working days). Applications may receive approval without the need for further review or may be returned for revision. All applications that are returned for revision should be revised as per the comments of the IRB committee reviewers and returned for review and approval as soon as possible so that the revisions can be reconsidered at the next scheduled meeting of the IRB. All persons who receive IRB clearance for a project are hereby informed that if they change their project or if an adverse event occurs during the conduct of the study, the investigator must immediately file a Research Ethics Change form or an Adverse Events form (see below). If it is necessary to file a change or adverse event report, the investigator must halt their project until the change or adverse event report has been reviewed and cleared.
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