What if my institution does not have an internal Institutional Review Board (IRB) or Independent Ethics Committee (IEC)?
There are several possible options for institutions that do not have an internal IRB/IEC: • Your institution could negotiate an agreement with an external IRB/IEC to review research under your institution’s FWA. For example, you might be collaborating with someone at an institution that has an internal IRB/IEC, and that institution might be willing to allow its IRB/IEC to conduct reviews for your institution. Another option could be to contact an institution in your geographical area that has an Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP)-registered IRB/IEC and talk to them about possibly conducting reviews for your institution (please see http://ohrp.cit.nih.gov/search/asearch.asp#ASUR for a list of all IRB/IECs registered with OHRP). • You may want to consider establishing your own IRB/IEC. • You may want to negotiate an agreement with a commercial or independent IRB/IEC to review your research. In all cases the IRB/IEC(s) would need to be designated under your assurance. As stated
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- What if my institution does not have an internal Institutional Review Board (IRB) or Independent Ethics Committee (IEC)?
