APPEAL PROCESS

It is the goal of the IRB to support the development of protocols that protect human subjects and support research. Researchers with protocols that lack protection for human subjects will be offered guidance to make necessary modifications to augment approval. No proposal will be rejected without recommendations for modification and resubmission. The resubmitted protocol will be reviewed using the customary process. Departmental protocols that are not approved may be submitted to the university IRB with documentation from the department regarding the review process. Protocols that are rejected by the university IRB may not be submitted to a departmental IRB for review. The only authority to override the approval process by the university IRB is held by the Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs.