IRB Meeting Dates & Deadlines

Electronic submission with all Departmental Approvals must be received in the IRB office by 5pm on the posted deadlines.

Before a study is submitted to the IRB, departmental approvals must be obtained.

The eIRB system automatically routes the study to the approving individuals along with a notification email. If required approvals are incomplete, the current “State” of the study under the study’s main page will be "Department Review.” In this case, the department reviewers may not have issued approval for the study. Departmental approvals must be taken into consideration when trying to meet IRB deadlines. Example: If the submit button was selected but not all departmental approvals have signed off, the study has not been received by the IRB thus if it is deadline day your study will not have made the deadline.

The IRB does not have your application until all of the necessary prior approvals have been completed.

The state will then change to “IRB staff review”. An application is not complete and deemed received by the IRB until the state changes to “IRB staff Review".

2025 Deadlines for Submissions & Meetings

Dates and Deadlines 2025 (PDF)

IRB-I

Due in IRB: December 5, 2024      For Review IRB Meeting: January 7, 2025   

Due in IRB: January 9, 2025          For Review IRB Meeting: February 4, 2025

Due in IRB: February 6, 2025        For Review IRB Meeting: March 4, 2025

Due in IRB: March 6, 2025             For Review IRB Meeting: April 1, 2025

Due in IRB: April 3, 2025                For Review IRB Meeting: May 6, 2025

Due in IRB: May 8, 2025                For Review IRB Meeting: June 3, 2025                                 

IRB-II

Due in IRB: December 19, 2024    For Review IRB Meeting: January 21, 2025

Due in IRB: January 23, 2025        For Review IRB Meeting: February 18, 2025

Due in IRB: February 20, 2025       For Review IRB Meeting: March 18, 2025

Due in IRB: March 20, 2025           For Review IRB Meeting: April 15, 2025

Due in IRB: April 17, 2025              For Review IRB Meeting: May 20, 2025

Due in IRB: May 22, 2025              For Review IRB Meeting: June 17, 2025                                          

IRB-III

Due in IRB: December 23, 2024     For Review IRB Meeting: January 14, 2025

Due in IRB: January 6, 2025           For Review IRB Meeting: January 28, 2025 

Due in IRB: January 17, 2025         For Review IRB Meeting: February 11, 2025

Due in IRB: February 3, 2025         For Review IRB Meeting: February 25, 2025

Due in IRB: February 14, 2025       For Review IRB Meeting: March 11, 2025

Due in IRB: March 3, 2025              For Review IRB Meeting: March 25, 2025

Due in IRB: March 17, 2025            For Review IRB Meeting: April 8, 2025

Due in IRB: March 31, 2025            For Review IRB Meeting: April 22, 2025

Due in IRB: April 21, 2025               For Review IRB Meeting: May 13, 2025

Due in IRB: May 5, 2025                 For Review IRB Meeting: May 27, 2025

Due in IRB: May 19, 2025               For Review IRB Meeting: June 10, 2025

Due in IRB: June 2, 2025                For Review IRB Meeting: June 24, 2025

Where to Submit

IRB-I

Departments & Colleges

• College of Health Professions
• College of Nursing
• College of Pharmacy
• Harper Student Life Center
• MUHA - Clinical/Surgical Services and Excellence, AHEC
• Otolaryngology
• Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
• Pediatrics
• Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
• Radiology
• Regenerative Medicine and Cell Biology
• Urology
• VA Pharmacy

IRB-II

Departments & Colleges

• Academic Affairs Faculty
• Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
• Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
• College of Dental Medicine
• Dermatology
• Emergency Medicine
• Family Medicine
• Medicine
• Neurology & Neurosurgery
• Neurosciences
• Obstetrics & Gynecology
• Ophthalmology
• Orthopaedics & Physical Medicine
• Pharmacology & Immunology
• Public Health Sciences
• Radiation Oncology
• Surgery

IRB-III

Departments & Colleges

• All Departments Industry Sponsored Trials Only