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To apply for the initial approval of a research project, you must submit an IRB Protocol (initial review) to the IRB. To submit a protocol for review, email the completed protocol and any informed consent letters as a Microsoft Word e-mail attachments to irb@fordham.edu. You must also send 2 copies of any supplementary material to the IRB, Room 203-C, Lincoln Center Campus. If you can not send the protocol and informed consent letter by email, you may send 2 copies of each to the IRB along with 2 copies of any supplementary materials.
If you are a student researcher, your protocol must have the relevant box checked. This informs us that your faculty sponsor has previously read your submission in its entirety. If your research will be used as part of your dissertation, please indicate the date of your successful dissertation proposal defense as well.
If you are uncertain what qualifies as research, please review the Definitions section of Guidelines and Procedures. The judgment about whether or not your research is exempt from review or qualifies for expedited review is an IRB decision. Therefore, all research, including research you believe exempt, must be submitted for review by the IRB.
If you have any questions, please contact us by phone (212-636-7946), FAX (212-636-6482), e-mail (irb@fordham.edu), or by selecting Contact Us in the left margin.
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Once you submit your protocol, an IRB Board member will contact you within 10 working days to discuss the protocol and inform you if: (1) your research qualifies for expedited review or (2) needs to be reviewed by the full IRB. If full review is required, a second primary reader is assigned.
Many research activities qualify for expedited review. Under expedited review, the member of the Board assigned as the primary reader approves your research.
If a full review is required, you will need to submit 12 additional copies of the protocol and all supplementary materials to the IRB. Your research will be placed on the agenda of the next meeting of the full IRB (see Schedule of Meetings) and you will have to make yourself available on that date to discuss your research either in person or by phone. If your research is funded, it will always require review by the full IRB.
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A Report of Action is sent to the researcher after a review. If changes are required, the report will detail them and indicate the IRB action as 'approval pending.' Once the recommended changes are made to the satisfaction of the primary reader, the review process is complete and IRB approval is given.
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