HRPP/IRB Announcements

• Summer Hours:
  Mon/Tues: 8am – 5pm
  Wed/Thu/Fri: 7:30am – 4:30pm
• May IRB Meeting
  3 p.m. May 29
  Full Board Proposals
  Due May 15
• NEW! Annotated Bibliography on "Reactions to Research Participation in Studies of Sensitive Topics" now available. Download

The name of the office coordinating with the Texas Tech University Institutional Review Board (IRB) has changed to the Human Research Protection Program (HRPP). The IRB’s mission to protect the rights and welfare of human subjects participating in research at Texas Tech will not change. The new name will better reflect services provided by the office that do not involve the IRB. This website continues to offer step-by-step instructions for submitting human subjects research proposals, forms for proposal packets, and policies and procedures. You also will find training information, information on federal regulations as well as other resources.

Begin here. Find suggestions on how to get started and what resources you will need.	Use the interactive module to help determine if IRB review is needed
Step-by-step instructions on submitting a complete human subjects research proposal.	Have a question? Check here first to find the answer you're looking for.
Find information and links to human subjects research training courses.	Meeting days for Full Board and proposal review time frame.
The resource toolbox contains regulations, reports, documents and website links important to human subjects research.	Forms and examples needed for human subjects research

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Human Subjects Research with Sponsored Projects:

When you submit a grant proposal that involves human subjects, keep two things in mind:

1. Some federal and private agencies require IRB approval before a grant can be funded.
2. It takes 10 working days before the IRB can complete a proposal review and more than that when changes are necessary or special populations are involved. Some proposals will require a review by the Full Board, which meets once a month.

For several years, some federal funding awards have been made with very short time frames required for funds to be awarded. This has led to situations in which the investigator had as little as 24 hours to document IRB approval. In other words, an investigator had to write an IRB proposal and submit it to the IRB and the proposal had to be reviewed and necessary changes made, all within 24-hours. This is an impossible situation for us and for IRBs across the country.

It is in your best interest to submit your IRB proposal when you submit a grant proposal or soon after. If you receive a promising priority score or call from your Program Officer, and haven’t yet submitted your IRB proposal, submit it right away! We do not want you to have any risk of having to turn back funds that have been awarded to you because of a lack of IRB approval.

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