Proposals will not be approved by the University without Institutional Review Board approval on file. Failure to apply for the Institutional Review Board's approval will delay the proposal process. The committee chair reviews preliminary drafts of the proposal to help the student clarify the research framework for the project. When satisfied that the manuscript sufficiently meets University criteria, the committee chair authorizes the student to submit the proposal to the other committee members for review. Upon receipt, the committee members have 10 business days to review the proposal draft.
Additional revisions are likely to result from the suggestions of the committee members.
In such cases, the committee members inform the committee chair who communicates the requested revisions to the student. When all committee members are satisfied with the proposal's level of development, the committee authorizes the student to proceed with scheduling the oral presentation teleconference. 3.3 Proposal Oral Presentation Students present their proposal via teleconference with their committee members. The oral presentation is a formal discussion of the proposal for the purpose of identifying any concerns to be addressed in the final version of the proposal. The oral presentation may commence only after the committee members have reviewed the proposal and reached consensus as to its level of development.