{"id":27,"date":"2025-12-02T17:05:49","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T22:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/sponsored-programs-and-research\/?page_id=27"},"modified":"2026-03-15T16:03:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T20:03:15","slug":"irb-human-subjects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/sponsored-programs-and-research\/irb-human-subjects\/","title":{"rendered":"IRB\/Human Subjects"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Clark University\u2019s Institutional Review Board (IRB) is responsible for ensuring that all research conducted by faculty, staff, and students, protects the rights and welfare of human subjects. All human subjects research at Clark must be reviewed by the IRB.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>

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General Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Application forms and instructions may be found on the Mentor IRB Website<\/a>.  Exempt and expedited reviews are generally considered on a rolling basis. For other types of research, submission deadlines for monthly IRB meetings are listed on the sidebar.  Apart from situations in which urgent review is required due to extenuating circumstances, the IRB does not review applications during the summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Turnaround time for proposal review is normally 1-3 weeks after submission (for exempt or expedited reviews) or 1-2 weeks after the meeting date (for full board reviews).  An additional week is sometimes needed for special circumstances. Note that there are submission deadline dates for each scheduled IRB meeting. The point of contact for IRB matters is Linda Cote, Grant and IRB Coordinator, at licote@clarku.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n