IRB Application and Resources

IRB Training

Basic Training:  Required for ALL investigators on expedited or full review proposals:

• Register at www.citiprogram.org and select Penn State under "Participating Institutes"
• Choose "Biomedical Investigator Course" option during registration
• Select "Biomedical Research at Penn State COM & Hershey Medical Center"

Informed Consent Training:  Required for all Principal Investigators: 

• In the library on an HSPO computer located in the Computer Lab, 2nd floor.  Pick up head phones from the library circulation desk.  Instructions are posted at the computer.

IRB Application

Please see Penn State Hershey Human Subjects Protection Office:  www.pennstatehershey.org/irb for details.  Below is a summary of commonly used forms

Step 1:

Is this research involving human subjects?  See chart 1 in: http://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/humansubjects/guidance/decisioncharts.htm#c1

 

• If answer is no complete the Non-Human/Non-Research Determination Form.
• If the answer is yes proceed to Step 2 below.

Step 2:

Does this research qualify for exemption?  (Review exemption determination instructions.)

 

• If yes complete: Exemption Determination Form.
• If no complete: Expedited and Full Review Form.
  • Checklist for expedited and full review.

Step 3:

 

• Abstract Form
• Consent Forms
• International Research Addendum Form

Other Resources

	Number of Grants/  Funding Amounts	Deadline	Comments
Society for the Scientific Study of  Sexuality  P.O. Box 416  Allentown, PA 18105-0416 http://www.sexscience.org/awards/index.php?category_id=427&subcategory_id=261	2 grants/year  $1000	February 1st of  each year	Must join SSSS
Infectious Disease Society of America  Summer Scholarships for Medical  Students  Phone: 703-299-0200 www.idsociety.org	$2000	Usually April each  year but check  details on web-site	Clinical or  research activities  any year of Medical  School. Includes  International  Health. Must be  supported by IDSA  member (see ID  faculty)
The New York Academy of Medicine  The David E. Rogers Fellowship  Program   http://www.nyam.org/grants/rogers.shtml	$3000	Usually March but  check details on  web-site	Preference for  projects conducted  in New York half of  fellowships  dedicated to HIV  prevention and  care. For students  between 1st and  2nd year of  medical school
Benjamin Kean ASTMH Traveling  Fellowship in Tropical Medicine   http://www.astmh.org	Flight + $700	April 1st 2007	Preference to  non-HIV related  projects