The federal regulations governing human subjects will change on January 19. In preparation, the IRB Office will stop accepting any new studies, renewals or modifications on Wednesday, January 16. Anything we receive prior to the 16th will be reviewed in accordance with the current regulations.
On Friday, January 18, IRBIS will be taken down by system Administrators to make the updates needed to make the applications compliant. This may cause the system to be down after the 18th--please plan accordingly. We hope to be fully functional on Monday the 21st. Note, if you have a DRAFT application in the works before the 18th, most application changes are real time and your draft may also be updated.
What are all these changes, you may be asking? We have a summary of the changes here. We will continue to post updates as we roll out new forms, SOPs, and guidance in the coming days and weeks. These will be announced on researchprotections.appstate.edu.