St. Lawrence University Institutional Review Board

CITI Training for AY 2025-26:

All researchers must complete the appropriate CITI training.  Be sure that your CITI training is up to date BEFORE you submit any IRB proposals or continuation requests.  If it is not, we won't consider your proposal.  Thanks!  

Crowd-sourcing your participants? Conducting research with children, international population, incarcerated individuals, or other special populations?  You will need to complete special CITI training. Please click on the link to CITI Program Training Information below for more information.

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Spring 2026 Meeting Dates and Deadlines

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the IRB chair, Cathy Crosby at ccrosby@stlawu.edu or (315) 229-5167.

If you would like to attend the IRB meeting at which your proposal will be considered, please contact the IRB chair, Cathy Crosby. 

Why We Have an IRB:

The role of the IRB is to insure that the autonomy and privacy of participants in research conducted by members of the St. Lawrence community are protected. Both the Code of Federal Regulations (Title 45, Part 46) and New York State Public Health Law (Article 24-A) require all proposed research involving human participants be approved by the institution’s IRB before it can proceed.

The principles which guide the IRB in its review and decision process are taken from the Policy Statement of the St. Lawrence University Institutional Review Board:

The IRB shall determine whether:

1) the risks to the participant are so outweighed by the sum of the benefit to the participant or the importance of the knowledge to be gained as to warrant a decision to allow the participant to accept these risks;

2) the rights and welfare of any such participants are adequately protected; and

3) legally effective informed consent is obtained from the participants by adequate and appropriate means.

IRB Proposal Submission Information:

• Criteria for Exemption from IRB Review
• IRB Proposal Submission Information and Form
• Informed Consent Requirements

Post-Approval Forms:

• Continuation Request Form for Approved Projects
• Study Completion Form

CITI Program Training Information:

• CITI Program Training Information

 Information for External Researchers:

• Information for External Researchers Wishing to Conduct Research at St. Lawrence