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INSTITUTIONAL
REVIEW BOARD
Research at SSI must be carried out in an
ethical fashion and all research projects with human participants – including
E/PO activities – must receive ethical approval before research
is commenced. The Institutional Review Board (IRB) is responsible
for the administration of research ethics. SSI has one IRB that
is responsible for conducting initial and continuing reviews
and providing oversight for all research activities involving
the use of human subjects.
Unlike many universities and research organizations,
SSI does not levy a fee for IRB review; it is a free service for
SSI’s researchers
and their Co-Is. Furthermore, SSI’s IRB reviews are conducted
swiftly and with minimal burden to individual researchers. The full
text of SSI’s IRB policy is available to SSI employees on the
SSI intranet. It also is available for public review by contacting
Courtney Coe. (A copying fee of $0.30 per page and a labor fee of $10.00
may be applied to such requests.)