Post Review Process

After the monthly meeting, applications will either be approved as submitted, approved with stipulations, or deferred.

• Deferred applications lack significant information. These will require re-review by the full IBC committee after revisions are made and submitted to assess the safety level of the work.
• Stipulations are requested revisions that will not require full committee re-review. These can include requests for training, biosafety cabinet recertification, clarification or revision of standard operating procedures (SOPs), etc.

Responding to Stipulations

In the eProtocol system:

1. Choose Investigator home
2. Click on the IBC tab to see the protocols that have comments/stipulations
3. Click on “Comments Received (Cycle 1)” in the Protocol Event column to view comments
4. Address each comment in its respective “response” box
5. Revise the eProtocol application as requested
6. Submit by clicking on the “Respond to IBC” button on the Comments page

Typically, responses to comments/stipulations do not need to be reviewed by the entire committee.

See Response to Comments/Stipulations for more instruction.

Timeline

If you have not responded to stipulations within 30 days, we will send a reminder. Failure to respond within 90 days will render your application inactive and you will be required to submit a new application.