Sponsorship
A sponsor must be identified among Marywood University's full-time faculty, staff or administration for the following individuals:
- All student researchers; For doctoral dissertation or thesis committees, this is usually the chairperson.
- All adjunct or part-time faculty researchers
- Researchers from an institution other than Marywood University who wish to conduct research at Marywood University or recruit research participants on its campus
Immediate family members may not serve as a research sponsor.
A research sponsor must register with IRBNet at www.irbnet.org and apply his/her electronic signature to the initial application and any renewals.
By agreeing to sponsor a student, adjunct/part-time faculty or off-campus researcher, the sponsor affirms that s/he has thoroughly read the application and that no data have already been collected by the researcher. Please review the Responsibilities of Investigators and Sponsors section for more detail.
Policies & Procedures
- Approval of Research
- Continuing Review
- Deception in Research
- Definitions
- Departmental Review Boards
- Dietary Supplements
- Exempt Review of Research
- Expedited Review of Research
- Full Review of Research
- General Application Procedures
- Incentives in Research
- Informed Consent, Parental Consent and Child Assent
- International Research
- IRB Administration
- IRB Review Process
- Mandatory Training
- Misconduct
- Non-English Speaking Participants
- Oral History
- Overview
- Prisoner Research
- Records Retention
- Recruitment of Participants
- Reproductive Risk in Clinical Research
- Required Reporting
- Responsibilities of Investigators and Sponsors
- Revisions to Previously Approved Research
- Sponsorship
- Student Research
- Submission of Applications
- University Policy on Human Research
- Whistleblower Policy
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