Copies of all research committee approvals must be attached to the checklist. Each proposal must be reviewed by the Head of the Department and approved by the appropriate Dean before being forwarded to the OGGP for final processing and official signature. Proposals which involve more than one department, school or University System unit must be reviewed and approved by the appropriate officials of each. The proposal must reach the Dean's Office in final form at least ten working days before agency deadline. The review responsibilities of the Head of the Department, Dean and OGGP are such that this time period is mandatory.
Most agencies request committee approvals before scientific review of the application.
The IRB meets monthly. IRB protocols must be submitted by the last working day of the month to be reviewed the following month. Applications arriving after the last day of the month will not be reviewed until the following month. The Institutional Review Board Guidebook is a detailed manual for IRB Users and is available through the office of the Chairman of the Institutional Review Board in New Orleans and Shreveport. Activities involving human subjects that are not exempt from review must be approved by the IRB before they can be initiated.