Overview Of The IRB Process
2019-2020 Applicants: If your project involves human subjects (interviews, ethnography, psychological experiments, etc.), it is recommended to include a PDF of your Certificate of Completion for the CITI human subjects online training course with your application.
Haas Scholars: If you are selected/waitlisted and your project is considered greater than minimal risk, you must complete a draft of your human subjects protocol for Leah Carroll to review by 9 AM on March 11, 2019. If it is minimal risk, you must completed a draft of your protocol for Leah Carroll to review by March 13, 2019. ALL must have their faculty mentors approve and then submit their protocols, with Leah Carroll (carroll2@berkeley.edu) as administrative contact, before midnight on March 18, 2019.
SURF fellows: If you are selected, you must submit your protocol by March 18, 2019. Check with SURF Social Science graduate mentor (surf@berkeley.edu) on draft deadlines.
Other undergraduates hoping to do human subjects research during summer 2019: Aim to submit around these dates, too, as the approval process can take up to three months.
The Committee for the Protection of Human Subjects’ website has detailed information for undergraduate researchers whose work involves human subjects. Please review their information, and check the Office of Undergraduate Research and Scholarships events calendar for upcoming workshops.
Not Sure If Your Project Needs to Be Reviewed?
1. General instructions on what requires CPHS review - see general guidelines here and student-specific guidelines here
