Office of Research Administration

If the research you have planned is not eligible for an exempt or expedited review (e.g., involves more than minimal risk; an experimental design; subjects considered to be vulnerable (children, prisoners, cognitively impaired); and/or deception) your protocol must be reviewed at the BCPHS monthly meeting.

Full Committee Review Application Procedures:

To apply for a review by the convened committee, submit the original plus six copies of the following (use the BCPHS Checklist to ensure a complete application):

• Research Review Form
• Protocol
• Informed Consent, following OHRP guidelines
• Parental Permission and Child Assent, if applicable.
• Faculty Sponsor's Assurance (Students Only)
• Investigator's Assurance
• Instruments (survey, questionnaire, interview guide, etc.)
• Letter indicating permission to recruit from and/or conduct testing within the facility/institution/ organization and agreement by the facility to abide by the Brandeis protocol for the protection of human subjects. If the facility has a Multiple Project Assurance, provide a letter indicating approval from that Institutional Review Board along with a copy of the approved consent form.
• Grant Proposal (In order to perform a complete review, the BCPHS is required to examine the grant proposal. Investigators need only include the cover page and narrative section of the proposal unless otherwise requested by the BCPHS.