The Human Research Participant Protection Program provides assistance to investigators in fulfilling their obligation to plan and conduct research involving human participants in accordance with the highest scientific and ethical principles. The role of the Institutional Review Board (IRB) is to provide research oversight and evaluation of the institution's research involving human participants by ensuring compliance with the ethical principles embodied in The Belmont Report (Ethical Principles and Guidelines for the Protection of Human Subjects of Research) and the College of Charleston? policies and procedures.
Forms - College of Charleston Researchers:
Human Research Review Application (eForm)
Human Research Review Addendum (eForm)
Participant Compensation Form (PDF)
Financial Interest Disclosure Form (iPDF)
The following are only for use with older protocols using paper applications
Protocol Modification, Continuing Review, & Final Report (PDF)
Adverse Event Report (PDF)
Forms - Non-College of Charleston Researchers:
External Request to Recruit Research Participants (RTF)
Templates:
Informed Consent - Anonymous Surveys (RTF)
Informed Consent - Letter/Narrative Style (RTF)
Informed Consent - Outline Style (RTF)
Parental Permission (RTF)
Child Assent Script - Elementary School (RTF)
Child Assent Scrip - Middle School (RTF)
Meetings and Membership:
IRB Meeting Schedule and Application Deadlines
IRB Membership Roster
IRB Members (restricted access)
Policies & Procedures:
Institutional Review Board (IRB) Governance
Financial Conflict of Interest Disclosure
External Requests to Recruit Research Participants
Protection of Human Research Participants
Human Research Review Procedures
Conducting Research in Berkeley County School District
Conducting Research in Charleston County School District
Conducting Research in Dorchester School District Two
Resources:
(OHRP) Office of Human Research Protections
(OHRP) Policy Guidance
(OHRP) Human Subject Regulations Decision Charts
(OHRP) International Compilation of Human Research Standards
Projects Involving Oral History
Projects Involving Ethnography
Global Research Ethics Map
[DHHS] Federalwide Assurance (FWA): FWA 00000772
For questions about Research Protections & Compliance contact:
Eileen Callahan compliance@cofc.edu; callahane@cofc.eduResearch Protections & Compliance Office of Research and Grants Administration Campus Location: 407-G BellSouth (AT&T) Building Telephone: (843) 953-7421 FAX: (843) 953-6577 |
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Application Deadlines
Application deadlines are for Full Board Review only. There are no deadlines for applications which meet criteria for exemption (administrative review) or expedited review. These are reviewed on a rolling basis.
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 OHRP Videos on YouTube OHRP now has a playlist of educational videos on the HHS YouTube channel. Each video is approximately 20-25 minutes in length and may be reproduced or shared for educational purposes. |
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Research Mentors -
Access Your Students' IRB Applications
If you are the sponsor/mentor for student research projects, when you log in to the IRB eForms you will find a list of your students' projects as well as your own. You can see the status of the form temporary, submitted, or approved and you can review the form in 'read-only' mode. Changes to a form can only be made by the principal investigator, i.e. the student. |
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eForms Required
IRB eForms are required for all new IRB protocols - initial application, modification and continuation requests, adverse/unanticipated event reports, and final reports. For protocols initiated using paper forms, the Protocol Modification, Continuing Review, & Final Report (PDF) and the Adverse Event Report (PDF) must still be used.
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