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IRB-SBS Meeting Dates 2011

This schedule is for full board protocols only. Expedited protocols will be reviewed on an on-going basis. If your protocol is designated for full board review, it will be subject to the meeting date schedule.

A protocol is generally sent to the full board because of the level of risk to participants. If your protocol is likely to be more than minimally risky to the participants, and if you need to have the protocol reviewed by a certain meeting, we recommend that you submit your protocol two weeks prior to the meeting date. The protocol will go through a pre-review process which can take 3-5 days. Our office sets the agenda for a meeting by 5:00p.m. Tuesday the week prior to the meeting; in order to make a meeting, you must submit a revised version of your protocol and its accompanying materials to your pre-reviewer at that time.

In order for our office to process the protocols and for our reviewers to have time to adequately review the protocols, we must adhere to this cut-off schedule. It is likely that the Board will have revisions for your protocol (which can be reviewed outside of a full board meeting), or they may ask that you resubmit to the full board. We recommend that you plan for at least a month’s time for your review. The IRB-SBS cannot accommodate last-minute review requests. There are no exceptions to this policy.

If you have any questions, please contact our office. For more information on how to submit a protocol and on the review process, please see Submissions.

Please note that there is only one meeting during the month of December.