The Revised Rule (aka “2018 Requirements”) that took effect on January 21, 2019 requires that all federally funded research that involves multiple institutions must have only one IRB provide review.  Also known as “Single IRB” (or “sIRB” – a cool new IRB word, by the way), this requirement follows the NIH’s implementation of a similar policy way back in 2018. With the NIH policy, only those studies...

The Undergraduate Research Training Program (URTP) is a comprehensive platform to create better prepared undergraduate researchers.  As part of the program, in-person training sessions are held at various dates throughout the academic year.  The in-person training sessions are an alternative to the standard online CITI training. The sessions have been developed with students in mind: they are 90 minutes in length, interactive, and developed with enthusiasm and energy. Here are some upcoming dates:

Fall 2019...

Why is this change happening?

As you know, all research that receives a data security level (DSL) assignment of 3, 4, or 5 requires review by HUIT. While HUIT DSL 3 must be reviewed within a one-year time frame, HUIT review of DSL 4 and DSL 5 has been required prior to IRB approval. With the recent changes to the federal regulations governing human subject protections, many studies that received a DSL 3 used the continuing review timepoint as a “due date” for the DSL 3 HUIT review. As continuing review is no longer a requirement for many studies, a working group has been...

The new Harvard Research Data Management website provides important information and guidance on a variety of Harvard resources that will help students, faculty, researchers, and administrators share, analyze, preserve,...