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Institutional Review Board
Teachers College, Columbia University
Teachers College
Columbia University

Meetings and Deadlines

Dates


FULL COMMITTEE (Standard) REVIEW -

The IRB usually meets once a month for full committee review during the academic year.

Projects that require full committee review include: most physiological or medical research; certain research involving vulnerable subject populations (e.g., children with disabilities, prisoners, pregnant women); and  projects where  the consequences of a loss of confidentiality between PI and the participant would be severe (i.e., possibly place subjects at risk of criminal or civil liability).

Most applications DO NOT require full committee review and are reviewed throughout the year on a rolling basis (expedited and exempt review below).

Note: 'Materials Due' dates below apply only to applications requiring full committee review.  If your application requires full committee review, applications should be submitted no less than two weeks prior to the scheduled meeting date.

MATERIALS DUE
MEETING DATES
September 2, 2009
 September 16, 2009
October 7
 		October 21
November 4
 November 18
December 2
December 16


While we aim to send feedback about the committee's review as soon as possible following the meeting, please allow up to 10 business days following the meeting to hear back from us.

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EXPEDITED and EXEMPT REVIEWS -

The committee reviews EXPEDITED and EXEMPT applications on a rolling basis during the academic year.  All applications are reviewed in chronological order of receipt, with the exception of protocols that require full committee review (see the preceding section).

Researchers are urged to plan ahead and allow time for review regardless of protocol review level. Time allowances should also be made for projects that require approval from other IRBs (e.g., the New York City Board of Education).