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1. Check with your funding agency (NIH, NSF, etc.) on their timing requirements for IRB approval.
2. Complete the Human Subject Research CITI Program training course if you have not already. (You will find registration instructions & training details on Responsible Conduct of Research here)
3. Complete the IRB Application Form linked  
   1. Fill out the IRB Application Form to the best of your ability. Make sure that you attach all documents related to your project (e.g., surveys or questionnaires, consent forms, flyers or advertisements used to solicit participants, CITI Program training certificate, etc.).
4. Submit all questions to the IRB Administrator irb@nmt.edu.

Upon receiving your Application Form and attachments, the IRB Administrator will perform an initial review of your project to determine what level of IRB review is appropriate.

Human Subjects Research Projects requiring a meeting of the full Institutional Review Board should apply as soon as possible.

The IRB meets once on the first Friday of each month.

You may be asked to provide more information to the Full Board before it decides to approve or disapprove your project. Please be aware that you cannot start your project until you have the signed Approval Form from the full IRB.

色狐入口 Tech's IRB Administrator reviews all Human Subjects Research- including classroom or practicum projects that will not be published. Please complete the IRB Application Form.

• Your project could be eligible for an Administrative Review, which will only take a short amount of time.
• Please be aware that you cannot start your project until you have the signed Approval Form.

Students involved in research at NM Tech must complete their CITI training in order to participate. This is to ensure a strong understanding of responsible and ethical research practices and project design. Students should complete the following training: 

• Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) Curriculum
  • NMT Student/Postdocs
• Human Subject Research Curriculum
  • NMT Student/Postdocs

If your research project will NOT collect any Personally Identifiable Data from your participants:

• Your project could be eligible for Administrative Determination for exemption.
• Please be aware that you cannot start your project until you have the signed Approval Form in hand.

If your research project WILL collect certain types of Personally Identifiable Data from your participants:

• Your project could be eligible for an Expedited Review, which is performed by the IRB Administrator and one other IRB member. This can take up to three weeks to complete, depending on the availability of board members.
• Please be aware that you cannot start your project until you have the signed Approval Form. 

Your project may require Full鈥怋oard Review.

This will require a meeting of the full Institutional Review Board, which can take up 1 month to arrange. You may be asked to provide more information to the Full Board before it decides to approve or disapprove your project. Please be aware that you cannot start your project until you have the signed Approval Form from the full IRB.

Personally Identifiable Data is defined by federal regulation as the following information:

• Name (i.e., names on survey or questionnaires)
• Identification Numbers (i.e., Social Security Number, Tech Student ID Number)
• 色狐入口 Information (i.e., Physical Address, Phone Number, Email Address and/or IP Address) Audiotape recordings, videotape recordings, or photographic images of participants
• Blood, tissues, bodily fluids, or DNA from participants
• Sensitive health or medical information (i.e., HIV status; drug/alcohol use; mental/physical disorders; illicit or criminal behaviors; or other information that could cause harm to the participant if it became known in their community.

Should you need to modify some part of your original IRB Approved project/research you will need to complete the IRB Modification Form. The following are reasons why you would need a modification:

• Requesting a temporary IRB study expiration date extension

OR

• Making changes to the following:
  • Research personnel
  • Research procedures used
  • Informed consent documents
  • Types of human subjects participating
  • Types of data collected

Multi-year projects are initially approved by the IRB for a 12-month period, any research expected to extend beyond that date must file yearly to renew the IRB approval. The PI is responsible for not allowing their IRB Approval to lapse. It is recommended the renewal application be filed 60 days or 2 months prior to the expiration date. 

This Renewal must include:

• A list of any changes proposed to the following areas of the original Approved project/research:
  • Research personnel
  • Research procedures used
  • Informed consent documents
  • Types of human subjects participating
  • Types of data collected
  • The IRB also asks that you provide a written explanation for these changes.
• An Annual Progress Report
  • The report should detail your project/research such as your progress/setbacks/breakthroughs/etc. so the IRB can quickly assess the work and avoid delaying your approval renewal.

Use this form to report unanticipated events or problems caused by or related to a human subject's participation in your research project. 

• Adverse events are extremely unlikely since NMT does not perform clinical research of any kind, but we make this form available as required by federal law.