Texas A&M University-Commerce is committed to the protection of human subjects involved in research and other scholarly activities conducted by our faculty, staff or students.
Human Subjects research and other scholarly activities are defined as systematic investigations designed to develop or contribute to generalizable knowledge, which involves the collection of data from or about living human beings. In addition, all student research activities involving human subjects outside of the classroom are considered to be in this category. All research and other scholarly activities involving human subjects are required to be reviewed and approved by Texas A&M University-Commerce’s Institutional Review Board (IRB) prior to initiation of data collection. This requirement applies to all human subjects research and other scholarly activities conducted by faculty, staff, and students, on- and off-campus, regardless of the funding source, if any, for the project.
University Procedure on IRB
IRB Review Board Members
FY2022 Fall IRB Full Board Meeting & Protocol Submission Schedule
Students are not allowed to submit their own applications. Any student working on his/her thesis, dissertation, or other research should be listed as “Additional Personnel” on an application submitted by their faculty advisors.
Any application that is incomplete will be returned to the applicant.
Forms |
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| Protocol Form - Exempt Review Use this form for all new protocols. |
Protocol Form - Expedited or Full Board Review |
| Protocol Amendment/Addendum Use this form if you have an approved protocol and need to make changes to the original protocol. |
External Grant Protocol Use this form if you are preparing/developing an external grant proposal and need conditional approval. |
| Request Continuing Review Form /Renewal Form Use this form if you have an approved protocol and need to continue beyond the 1 year approval date. |
Adverse Event Form |
| Closure Form To close out research protocols |
Video-Photography Release |
| Personal Health Information Forms | |
| PHI Participant Authorization | PHI Use in Research |
| PHI Waiver of Consent | |
| FAQ's | |
| Classroom Research Projects | Research Involving Deception or Concealment |
| Use of Student Educational Records for Research | Using Incentives |
Informed Consent Spanish Short Form
Informed Consent With Signature
Informed Parental Consent Signed
Adult Informed Consent - Medical
Informed Consent Adult (Addendum)
Debrief Form (Deception/Concealment)
Nuremberg Code - Drafted in 1947 in Nuremberg, Germany after WWII.
The Belmont Report - Protects human subjects of biomedical and behavioral research.
The Declaration of Helsinki - Ethical principles developed for the medical community to use regarding human experimentation. Adopted in 1964.
Protection of Human Subjects Workshop
(this workshop does not replace mandatory training in CITI)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tzu602lyi8k