I need to submit an application for:

Non-research or Non-human research
Examples:

• Scholarly and Journalistic Activities, Oral History, Journalism, Biography, Legal Research, Literary Criticism, Historical Research
• Some Quality Improvement Projects
• Some Program Evaluation Projects
• Class Projects (with certain limitations)
• Community Outreach
• Study involving non-living individuals
• Study involving only de-identified data

 

Exempt Research
Examples:

• Study examining normal educational practices in an educational setting
• Study involving only the use of surveys, interviews, or observation
• Study using benign behavioral interventions
• Study using existing data that is public or recorded without identifiers
• Taste and food quality study
• Storage, maintenance, and use of secondary research data (collected for another purpose) for which broad consent will be/was obtained

 

Expedited Review
Studies in these 7 categories including:

• Noninvasive procedures
• Data collected for non-research purposes
• Recordings made for research purposes
• Studies involving surveys, interviews, focus groups, etc. that do not otherwise meet exemption

 

Full Board Review

• Studies that are more than minimal risk
• Studies that do not otherwise meet the qualifications for the other categories

 

While not all studies require IRB oversight (non-research, non-human research, and exempt), it is advised that all studies be submitted for determination and confirmation of the research category. PIs whose studies are classified as non-research, non-human research, or exempt will receive a letter confirming that determination.

• How to determine what kind of proposal to submit
• Timeline: What to expect after submission