IRB, 是机构审查委员会的简称, 为了保护人类受试者研究(以人为研究对象而不是以人为研究对象的研究)参与者的福祉而存在, 说, 莎士比亚的戏剧, 病毒, 或杰克逊·波拉克的作品). Most human subjects re搜索 is carried out with interviews, 调查问卷, 焦点小组, 实验, 和实地考察. While it is commonly carried out in disciplines such as sociology, 人类学, 心理学, 业务, 政治科学, 人类研究也可以在教育、人类生物学和运动机能学等部门进行, as well as in interdisciplinary programs such as Feminist and Gender Studies, 比赛, 种族与移民研究, 和西南研究. Some Venture Grant projects require interaction with the IRB.

IRB法规于2019年1月19日更改. Many of the changes have been incorporated into text and forms on this website.

IRB有一个 标准操作程序手册.

如果你的研究涉及科罗拉多大学的学生，你将为他们提供任何形式的补偿或奖励, 你必须复习 激励子页 获取具有法律约束力的信息.

Below are the forms that you will use to either apply for IRB approval or request an exemption. Please be aware that re搜索ers cannot exempt their own re搜索 from IRB review; only the IRB can do that.

教师在批准学生项目的电子邮件中使用特定的语言. The language is on the first page of the application. 教师 members must use this language in order for students to have their proposals reviewed. 教师 members, please take note, and students, please remind your advisors about the language.

提交你的提案, 完整的提案，包括所有必要的附件副本和您的教师赞助商的确认电子邮件，在他们完全准备好后，通过电子邮件发送给IRB主席, and will be reviewed on a rolling basis during the entire year (including the summer, though please note that summer review may take longer). 您通常会在提交您的提案的几天内收到关于您的提案的IRB决定的通知. A turnaround of one to two days is not unusual but cannot be guaranteed.

The best way for re搜索ers to make sure they have enough time to go through the application, 获得批准, 还有时间去做研究，就是做一个模范的工作，填写申请，并尽早发送提案.

Treat initial contact with the IRB chair in a formal and professional manner, as you would the cover letter you sent along with a job application. 给IRB主席发送一封非常随意或非正式的电子邮件，表明你对研究参与者的义务可能同样随意. 除非你认识主席本人, 请不要以“嘿, 阿曼达”或其他同样非正式的方式.

豁免及申请表格

If your project is a personal interest project and is not for a grade, 一门课程, 或者一篇论文, and is not intended to contribute to generalizable academic knowledge, your project does not require interaction with the IRB at all, as it does not count as re搜索 by the federal government. 如前所述， 一些风险基金需要内部审查委员会的互动.

If you believe that your project falls into one of the below categories, fill out the MS Forms document linked to the category. 

• 未定义为研究的项目:您的项目可能属于联邦政府未定义为研究的研究类别，因此不需要您填写IRB提案. 这类项目包括新闻业, 口述历史, 还有一些项目，你只研究个体，而没有得出更广泛的社会或历史结论.
  
  
• 教育研究: If you are carrying out re搜索 on educational practices, 即使涉及到孩子, you may be eligible for the educational re搜索 exemption. This exemption does not include interviews with or 调查 of adults (teachers, 学校管理人员).
  
  
• 相互作用研究如果你对成年人进行的研究仅限于三种研究类型中的一种或多种(访谈), 调查, observation in public places) or are only using educational tests with children, you may be eligible for the interaction re搜索 exemption.
  
  
• 良性行为研究如果你正在对成年人进行不涉及欺骗的心理或市场调查(或者涉及欺骗，你可以在同意过程中提供最少的信息), you may be eligible for the benign behavioral intervention re搜索 exemption. 请注意，这份豁免书有一份特殊的同意书，标题与这份豁免书相同. 在填写此表格之前，你必须复习一下 BBI豁免信息表 and you are encouraged to print a copy and have it with you for completing the form.
  
  
• 二次研究:如果你正在进行二次研究，涉及已经为别人的研究或非研究项目收集的信息, or that you have collected previously for a different re搜索 or non-re搜索 project, you may be eligible for the secondary re搜索 exemption.

IRB申请表格仅当您的项目被联邦政府定义为研究并且您没有资格获得上述任何豁免时，请填写并提交此表格.

(请注意，我在本页上重新添加了这些文档和其他一些文档的早期Word版本. 你可以用这些来起草申请, 豁免的请求, 以及其他材料, 但请不要提交这些版本. Please only submit requests to the IRB using the MS Forms function above. 也, please note that there are some differences between the Word documents and the MS Forms versions, so please proceed carefully if you are copying from a Word document into a form.)

知情同意及相关模板

您必须使用同意书，除非您已经提交了豁免或更改同意程序的请求，并且您的请求已获得IRB的批准. 您必须使用以下模板之一，除非IRB批准您使用不同的同意书.

IF YOU ARE USING ANY SORT OF INCENTIVES, YOU MUST REVIEW THIS 奖励措施资料表 在填写同意/同意表格之前. 信息表中包含的语言必须是您的同意/同意表格的一部分，并且不包括在以下模板中. 涉及奖励的项目将仔细审查其同意/同意表格，以确保添加的语言正确. Such projects will not be approved or exempted until the correct language is in the consent form.

• 标准同意书模板 -用于面试, 实验 for which you are not seeking an exemption, 还有其他面对面的, formal interactional forms of re搜索 other than paper 调查
  
  
• Benign Behavioral Intervention Re搜索 同意 Form Template -仅用于您正在寻求良性行为干预研究豁免的研究
  
  
• 纸张调查同意书模板 - use only for paper 调查; 在调查开始时附上文本
  
  
• 网上调查同意表格模板 -仅用于网上调查; 在调查开始时附上文本
  
  
• 14-17岁儿童同意书模板 - replaces consent form for re搜索 with older children; must be used with 家长/监护人许可表格模板
  
  
• 13岁以下儿童同意表格模板 - replaces consent form for re搜索 with younger children; must be used with 家长/监护人许可表格模板
  
  
• 家长/监护人许可表格模板 - supplements assent forms for children; legally required
  
  
• Release Form for Use of Photography/Video Recording - use when photographing or video recording re搜索 participants; not necessary for photographing or video recording buildings, 自然, 或者其他非人类现象
  
  
• 欺骗陈述陈述模板 - legally required for re搜索 involving deception, 不论是否获豁免, unless the re搜索 has received a waiver of informed consent
  
  
• Request for Waiver or Alteration of Informed 同意 Process - submit if you are requesting a waiver or alteration of the informed consent process, or if you are requesting a waiver of documentation of informed consent. Before submitting this request, open, save a copy of, and read the Information about Waiver or Alteration of Informed 同意 document, as you will need to refer to this document while completing this request.

招聘材料模板

• 招聘邮件模板 - use if you are recruiting participants via email; the template is structured to include all the legal information you need to provide to potential participants)
  
  
• 招聘信模板 - use if you are recruiting participants via letter; the template is structured to include all the legal information you need to provide to potential participants)

While the IRB has not designed a recruitment flyer template, 请注意，无论您的传单是如何设计的，它都必须包含以下信息元素，以获得内部审核委员会的批准:

• 说明你的项目是研究
• 研究的目的
• 参与者将参与的任何活动
• 他们参与的时间
• 参与者可能面临的风险
• 参与者将(或可能)获得的任何福利
• 他们的参与是自愿的
• your name and contact information (phone number, email address)

额外的形式

核准项目变更申请

批准项目不良事件报告表

拒绝的理由

IRB不会, 在任何情况下, approve a project for which the re搜索 has already been carried out. Proposals must be approved before re搜索 can begin.

你的建议将 不 be reviewed if it is missing any of the following elements:

• 教师 sponsor's email of approval (unless it is a Venture Grant project that is 不 f或者一篇论文; those are reviewed without faculty sponsor input. If your Venture Grant will be used to collect senior thesis data, your thesis advisor does need to approve the IRB proposal)
  
  
• 如果你要使用欺骗手段，那就写一份汇报表格或脚本(在心理学和市场营销研究中最常见)。
  
  
• Your consent form or script, built using one of the templates below
  
  
• 你的面试问题, 调查工具, 实验过程, or other materials showing clearly what the participant will encounter and what they will do
  
  
• The beginning and anticipated ending dates of your re搜索 project
  
  
• 事故报告计划，如果发生伤害. No exceptions, even if you are sure no harm will occur. 一个典型的好答案是，你会向你的顾问和IRB主席报告一个伤害事件.