Overview Of The IRB Process
2022-2023 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 10, 2022. Greater than minimal risk protocols must be approved by your faculty mentor and be submitted to CPHS by midnight on March 14, 2022.
If it is minimal risk, you must submit a complete draft of your protocol for Leah Carroll to review by 9 AM on March 14, 2022. Minimal risk protocols must be approved by your faculty mentor and be submitted to CPHS by midnight on March 17, 2022.
SURF fellows: If you are selected, you must submit your protocol by March 17, 2022. Check with SURF Social Science graduate mentor (surf@berkeley.edu) on draft deadlines.
Other undergraduates hoping to do human subjects research during summer 2022: 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
