What is different about proposals going to the NIH?
Beginning with proposals submitted in June 2000, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) implemented a “Just in Time” policy. IRB approval is no longer required before NIH peer review. Following peer review, if the proposal is likely to be funded based on the score received, the principal investigator needs to proceed with IRB review and approval. No NIH funding award will be made without IRB approval for the human subjects research activities described in the funding proposal. If you submit a funding proposal to the NIH for research that will be based at Mount Carmel and involves human subjects, you will receive a letter from the Office of Research Administration. It will notify you that, if the score received during peer review indicates that the research is likely to be funded, you will need to proceed with the IRB approval process. The IRB application will be due in the IRB Office no less than 60 days before the NIH requires IRB certification. There may be circumstances in which th
