Institutional Review Board

Submission Instructions

The complete application, including all supporting documents should be submitted as a single PDF file to irb@sakai.claremont.edu. A signed hard copy of the complete application, including all supporting documents, should also be submitted to Ken Olitt in the Office of the Dean of Faculty in Fletcher 204. If the principal investigator is a student, the Application for Review must be signed by a faculty sponsor, and the name and contact information for the faculty sponsor should be included on the consent form (as well as the contact information for the IRB: irb@sakai.claremont.edu).

Checklist for Completed Applications. Please print this page and refer to the appropriate section to determine whether your application for IRB approval is complete.

Section I. If you are a Pitzer College faculty member, staff member, or student and have not previously received Pitzer IRB approval for your research, your application must include

__ application cover sheet signed by the principal investigator and faculty sponsor (where appropriate)

__ a copy of the certificate confirming completion of the NIH Web-based training course “Protecting Human Research Participants” for each person involved in the research project.

__ research summary and supporting materials

__ A copy of recruitment materials (e.g. emails, flyers, newspaper ads, etc.)

__ A copy of the informed consent form (see sample consent form)

Section II. If you are not a faculty or staff member or a student at Pitzer College, but are a faculty or staff member or a student at one of the other Claremont Colleges, and wish to conduct research at Pitzer College or recruit members of the Pitzer community, or if you are a student and your research is being carried out under the supervision of a Pitzer College faculty member, you must receive IRB approval for your research at your home institution before applying to the Pitzer IRB; your application to the Pitzer IRB must include:

__ a copy of the approval letter(s) from the other institution(s)

__ all of the materials in Section I

Section III: Resubmission. If you are resubmitting an application that involves changes to your previously approved application or was previously denied by the Pitzer College IRB, your application must include

__ a cover letter detailing changes to your previously approved application or a cover letter detailing your response to concerns raised in the review of your previous submission

__ all of the materials in Section I (h). Please highlight or bold all changes from your original application.

Section IV: Continuations. Your IRB approval letter includes a date of expiration that is one year from the date of approval. If your project is still underway and your IRB approval is about to expire, you need to submit a request for a continuation at least one month before that expiration. A request for continued IRB approval must include

__ a completed continuation form

Note: If you wish to recruit at any of The Claremont Colleges, you must apply to each College's IRB.