1. IRB webinar InTeGrate HBCU Research Team materials testers
Ellen Iverson
Monica Bruckner
SERC
November 28, 2017

2. By the end of this presentation, you should be able to:
Find more information as you need it:
Project Team: Leadership and SERC contacts
Web resources
Know where to find project information needed for an IRB application
Know whether your institution has had an IRB for InTeGrate in the past

3. Web Support, Data Collection, and Analysis
Project Team
Project Leadership
Richard Gragg
Felicia Davis
Cathy Manduca
Ellen Iverson
Web Support, Data Collection, and Analysis
Webinar Leader
Monica Bruckner
Website, course set up & data collection support
Kristin O’Connell
Data collection support
Hannah Scherer Upcoming webinar presenter

4. Find more information Where can you find help?

5. Find more information Where can you find help?

6. IRB: What you Need to Know
Who is familiar with submitting an application to their Institutional Review Board?
Select the “hand raise” option on your Adobe session if you are familiar with the IRB application process

7. IRB: What you need to know
Are you currently certified by the institutional IRB to conduct research?
(CITI is one way to become certified)
Select the “hand raise” option on your Adobe session if you are certified

8. IRB: What you Need to Know
Make contact with your IRB early
Know that IRB procedures vary by institution
Carleton College has EXEMPT status and this may be sufficient, depending on your institution
The completed IRB application for FAMU is available from Richard Gragg and can be used as reference if you are required to complete the process on your own at your institution.
Website Collecting Data in Your Classroom page has links to files that you may need
In general each institution where research takes place should have an IRB review the project for human subjects implications. In some cases the review of the lead grantee institution's IRB can serve, so long as the principles inherent in the review, involving knowledgeable and diverse representation, are respected (see 45 CFR ). (see

9. IRB: What you Need to Know
Website Collecting Data in Your Classroom page has links to files that you may need if you have to apply to IRB
– select the “Read more about how to obtain IRB and why approval is necessary” for links to:
Copy of Carleton EXEMPT status letter
Student consent form examples
PDF examples of the student surveys and assessments you will be using (more information about data collection at December 12th webinar)
If you have questions, ask one of us for help

10. Find more information

11. Find more information

12. Find more information

13. IRB: What you need to know
What about consent?
Give students option to opt out at beginning of term either:
Implied consent
Signed consent

14. IRB: What you need to know
Who else from an institution of one of the team has collected student data for the InTeGrate project and needed an IRB?
Florida A&M University –Richard Gragg, John Warford
Savannah State University –S. Ebanks, D. Ebanks, Christina Davis

15. IRB: Next steps
Find out whether you will need to submit an IRB application or whether the Carleton EXEMPT letter is sufficient for your institution
IRB needed
Find out the IRB decision schedule by early December and apply.
IRB approval obtained
Carleton IRB sufficient
Before semester begins, determine whether you need implied or signed student consent.

16. By the end of this presentation, you should be able to:
Find more information as you need it:
web resources,
SERC contacts,
team leads
Know where to find project information needed for an IRB application
Know whether your institution has had an IRB for InTeGrate in the past

17. What questions do you have about IRB applications?