Continuing Review
IRB or ERC approval of research is granted for one year. If research will continue beyond the one-year approval period, the researcher must reapply prior to the expiration date, using a Continuing Review (Renewal) form.
Lapses in research are not allowed. If a study's approval expires, all research activities, including but not limited to recruitment, data collection and analysis, must cease.
If research was originally exempt or expedited, the review category will remain the same. If research was originally full, the annual review may qualify for expedited status if it meets the criteria set forth under expedited category 8.
IRBNet will send automatic e-mail messages to principal investigators and sponsors to remind them of expiration dates; however, it is ultimately the researcher's responsibility to know when his/her approval is set to expire, and to reapply.
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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