Why does the IRB require signatures of department heads on the application forms?
In keeping with the initiative in sponsored projects management at the University of Minnesota, the roles and responsibilities of researchers, department heads, and institutional officials are being articulated to ensure that all parties understand the extent of their responsibilities for project management. The IRB holds all projects irrespective of funding source to the same standards. Therefore, to ensure that the required local oversight of projects is in effect, all research projects that involve human subjects require the signature of the department head. It is the IRB’s preference that the task of signing the form not be delegated. However, in some circumstances the IRB will consider delegation to an appropriate authority in the departmental structure as long as that person is knowledgeable in the requirements for protecting human subjects and has the authority to sign for the department head in this regard. When a department head delegates this task, that delegation should be c
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