About the IRB

The DU Institutional Review Board is a panel that assesses research activity with the goal of maintaining high ethical standards and preventing any form of research misconduct related to human subjects. The IRB serves to ensure that any research involving human subjects through either direct interaction, collection of biospecimens, or identifying information meets all ethical and regulatory requirements, protecting the University's status as a top-tier research institution while guarding the privacy rights of human research participants.

For New Projects, once submitted, the status of the submission will reflect Pending Review until a Preliminary Review has been conducted. If additional information is required, a Project Mail will be issued via IRBNet to your email. Once the study is approved, the IRB Approval Letter and IRB-approved documents will be available on IRBNet. You will be notified of the approval by a message sent automatically by IRBNet to your email.

For Amendments, once submitted, the status of the submission will reflect Pending Review until a Preliminary Review has been conducted. If additional information is required, a Project Mail will be issued via IRBNet to your email.

Please note that during periods of high volume, the review period may take longer than usual.  We appreciate your patience and will contact you with any questions.

• IRB Registration
• Federalwide Assurance