Institutional Review Board

UWW encourages and supports principal investigators, staff and students to understand policies and procedures related to research that involves human subjects. Before undertaking a research project, investigators, staff and students must determine if the planned activity is human subjects research.

Research projects that involve human subjects will require review by the university Institutional Review Board (IRB) for the Protection of Human Subjects to determine if a researcher has employed adequate measures to protect the participants involved in the research of study. Only the IRB is allowed to decide if a project is exempt. The IRB exists to protect the rights and welfare of participants in research.

Please refer to the procedure that provides guidelines and instructions to assist in the preparation of a protocol for submission, identifying which parts of the protocol to complete, and understanding the review process.

Visit templates and forms for IRB in our resources page.

To understand application and approval processes visit IRB Workflow [DOC].