NOTE: As of April 25, 2012, any new research proposals that involve physiological change will be subject to extra external scrutiny, pending a full review of human subjects research.

Buena Vista University’s IRB, or Institutional Review Board, is committed to ensuring the ethical treatment of people who are participants in research. See below for instructions, application materials, and examples of completed forms. Send new applications to the IRB committee chair, Dr. Wind Goodfriend, at email goodfriend@bvu.edu.

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Instructions and Forms

IRB general instructions

Blank IRB application form

Blank consent form

Blank debriefing form

Examples

Example of consent form

Example of debriefing form

Example of completed application