When I was at the College of Charleston, we spent quite a bit of effort
determining how we would deal with student research--undergrad and grad,
as well as little projects assigned to students as a course requirement
(especially the ones where students were being told to go out an
interview people in the community--and were sometimes identifying
individuals and collecting information that might place those
individuals at some risk).  Some institutions, particularly small ones,
review ALL student research, but our IRB was not prepared to do that and
neither was the SRO because we did not have a full-time compliance (or
even part-time) position at that time.  The IRB did elect to review
certain student and classroom projects and we defined those very
distinctly.  Once a student project is identified as needing IRB review,
the process is the same.  Go to <http://www.orga.cofc.edu> and you'll
find all the detail about how this works.  Note that SRO staff also went
to classes to do guest presentations on research ethics and IRB
processes so students would have a better understanding of ethical
concerns and how to get their approvals.  Our IACUC also required
protocols from students doing independent research, while classroom
teaching activities using animals fell under a teaching protocol that
was required of the instructor.
Barbara

Deborah Hofer wrote:

> Esteemed colleagues,
> Quick questions.
>
> I am the grants administrator in a PUI who works the pre-award side
> and administers both the IRB and IACUC.
>
> Our current IRB policy is to review undergraduate student research
> protocols (primarily in the behavioral and social sciences) if the
> results will be presented in a public forum, i.e., capstone
> presentations to which the community is invited. This is low
> risk, primarily survey based intervention and typically not supported
> by federal grant funds. I'd like to get a feel for how other
> institutions deal with this.
>
> Do you review undergrad research?
> Do you have a separate process or policy governing this type of research?
> Any experience or recommendations you can share?
>
> Many thanks.
>
>
> Deborah d'Este Hofer MM
> Grants Administrator
> Southern Oregon University
> 541.552.8662
> fax 541.552.6115
> xxxxxx@sou.edu <mailto:xxxxxx@sou.edu>
>
> "Only those who respect others can be of real use to them."
> Albert Schweitzer
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