The Institutional Review Board (IRB) invites you to our Open Forum on Friday, September 29, at 2:30 p.m. This is an opportunity for Reed students, faculty, and staff to learn about the IRB review process. Topics covered during the open forum will include the submission process for the categories of review, data privacy laws for international research, and precautions for online data collection.  As a friendly reminder, the IRB reviews all research conducted by Reed community members with human participants, including senior thesis projects.

Applications for all categories of review except “Full” are accepted on a rolling basis, and the review process normally takes 1-3 weeks. Please build this time into your plans for research.

For thesis research: Please note that advisers must approve proposals before they are submitted to the IRB. For thesis research requesting both Initiative Grant funds and IRB approval, the IRB proposal must be submitted before the Initiative Grant proposal.

If you cannot attend the Open Forum, you can find useful information on our webpage: http://reed.edu/irb/ . You can also contact IRB chair Sameer ud Dowla Khan directly or reach out to Kayla Johnston, the IRB’s administrative coordinator.