Institutional Review Board

Before research with human participants can begin, researchers need to have their proposals reviewed and approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB). In reviewing each proposal for projects involving human participants, the IRB shall determine whether these participants will be placed at risk, and if so whether:

(a)    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;
(b)    The rights and welfare of any such participants will be adequately protected; and
(c)    Legally effective informed consent will be obtained by adequate and appropriate means (see below for information regarding the informed consent statement).
(d)    The person(s) proposed to conduct the project are competent and qualified.

Applications must be submitted electronically using the Web form available on this site. 

** Please note: The web forms are not for working on - they are suitable only for submission. We recommend that you use a local document (e.g., Word document) that you can save and edit to prepare for submission of the Web form. You will NOT be able to save the Web form to edit at a later date, so please do not use the form until your proposal is finalized.**  

To submit a new application for review of a protocol, use this Web form for submission.

To complete the form about study completion or study continuation, use this Web form for submission.

If you have questions, please contact Karen Dillon O'Neil (koneil@stlawu.edu), Chair of the IRB.