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Update-COI Notification emails

07/25/20-Update While upgrading the COI module, emails requesting PI’s complete a disclosure were sent out to a set of users.  Some received them on Monday evening around 6PM and others received...

Posted: July 2, 2020, 1:53 PM

Requests from non-UMBC investigators to recruit participants

Steps to follow for the IRB to allow recruitment

Members of the UMBC community receive, from time to time, requests from investigators unaffiliated with UMBC to recruit participants for human subjects research. Participants are generally...

Posted: June 29, 2020, 4:29 PM

Research Writing Bootcamp

M/W/F July 20-31 - register now!

Research Writing Bootcamp   Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays July 20-31 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. On WebEx The Dresher Center for the Humanities, in collaboration with the Center for Social Science...

Posted: June 25, 2020, 10:32 AM

Updates to IRB consent templates

Using feedback from investigators and IRB reviewers, the ORPC has updated wording to various sections of consent document templates. These updates were made to : Purpose : informing participants...

Posted: June 24, 2020, 11:06 AM

Duplicate project entries in Kuali COI disclosures

Our office has identified a series of duplicate Kuali emails for projects (proposals) sent to PIs/faculty that reference a proposal number as well as institutional proposal number with the same...

Posted: June 22, 2020, 4:04 PM