Institutional Review Board

Research Involving Human Participants

Any research involving humans or human tissues conducted under the auspices of APSU must be reviewed by the Austin Peay State University Institutional Review Board (APSU IRB). Research with minimal involvement of human participants, such as surveys or questionnaires, requires some procedural APSU IRB review. Investigators are required to submit to irb@apsu.edu a completed IRB Application. Instructions and an example of an Informed Consent Document are provided under the Applications and Forms section.

The IRB committee conducts business virtually on an ongoing basis. While meetings are not held regularly, special meetings may be convened on a case-by-case basis as needed. To ensure timely review, applications should be submitted at least two weeks in advance of any anticipated review to allow for verification of completeness, training compliance, required signatures, and all supporting documentation.

"If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?" - Albert Einstein