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UMBC's FWA has been renewed

University of Maryland, Baltimore County's Federalwide Assurance (FWA00000069) is approved through 09/13/2016). 

Posted: September 13, 2011, 11:21 AM

Comment period on proposal to improve rules changes

The comment period for the advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) on how current regulations for protecting human subjects has changed and will end, on October 26, 2011. See the September...

Posted: September 1, 2011, 12:54 PM

Conflict of Interest Rules Finalized for NIH

The Department of Health and Human Services has issued an updated final rule on conflict of interest to use in identifying, managing, and avoiding investigators’ financial conflicts of interest....

Posted: August 24, 2011, 1:20 PM

Changes to human subjects protection regulations

The Department of Health and Human Services’ (DHHS) Office of Human Research Protections (OHRP) published an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM), titled Human Subjects Protections:...

Posted: August 22, 2011, 9:24 AM

Updates to examples of exempt review chart

ORPC has updated the Exempt Category Example Chart to assist investigators in determining if their research fits into one or more of the exempt categories. 

Posted: May 25, 2011, 12:20 PM