Prior to Submission
Before submitting your protocol for review by the IBC, you will need to complete the following components. If you have any questions while you prepare your protocol, please contact IBC@uwgb.edu.
1. Protocol Application Form: The PI or Instructor completes the applicable sections of the form for the proposed research.
Link to Protocol Application
IBC Protocol
2. CITI Training.
This training is required of all researchers, faculty, students, and principal investigators. If you are unsure of what to take, please see below. As you register on the CITI program website, Questions 6 and 7 are specific for the IBC. Once you have completed the needed trainings, save all certificates as PDF files. Most CITI certifications are good for 3 years, the exception being blood borne pathogens which must be completed every year.
Link for instructions on registering for CITI
Learner Groups – Required trainings
Select the appropriate learner group as you sign up for a CITI account (Question 6) and you will be enrolled in the required courses.
Principle Investigators (PI)
Students
Committee Members
Specialized trainings
When you enroll with CITI, you will select one of the options below, and will be automatically enrolled in the required courses.
If your research includes any of the following, you will also need to enroll in the appropriate optional Biosafety/Biosecurity course.
Required courses:
13314 “Biosafety Course Overview”
13454 “Laboratory Acquired Infections”
13455 “Biohazard Risk Assessment”
13456 “Medical Surveillance”
13493 “NIH Guidelines for Research involving recombinant or synthetic nucleic acid molecules”
13898 “Risk Management: Work Practices”
13899 “Work Safely with Sharp Instruments”
16263 “Dual Research of Concern (DURC)”
Optional courses:
13458 “Risk Management PPE”
13459 “Risk Management: Emergency and Spill Response”
13484 “Risk management: Laboratory Design”
13497 “Engineering Controls and Containment Devices”
13900 “Disinfection and Sterilization”
13929 “Risk Management: Engineering controls”
13945 “Centrifuge precautions”
13946 “Safe Sharps Devices”
13987 “Biosafety and Biosecurity (BSS) Introduction”
Required Courses
13314 “Biosafety Course Overview”
13454 “Laboratory Acquired Infections”
13455 “Biohazard Risk Assessment”
13456 “Medical Surveillance”
13458 “Risk Management PPE”
13459 “Risk Management: Emergency and Spill Response”
13898 “Risk Management: Work Practices”
13899 “Work Safely with Sharp Instruments”
13900 “Disinfection and Sterilization”
13929 “Risk Management: Engineering controls”
13945 “Centrifuge precautions”
Optional courses:
13484 “Risk management: Laboratory Design”
13497 “Engineering Controls and Containment Devices”
13946 “Safe Sharps Devices”
13987 “Biosafety and Biosecurity (BSS) Introduction”
16263 “Dual Research of Concern (DURC)”
Required Courses:
13314 “Biosafety Course Overview”
13454 “Laboratory Acquired Infections”
13458 “Risk Management PPE”
13459 “Risk Management: Emergency and Spill Response”
13898 “Risk Management: Work Practices”
13899 “Work Safely with Sharp Instruments”
13900 “Disinfection and Sterilization”
Optional Courses:
13455 “Biohazard Risk Assessment”
13456 “Medical Surveillance”
13484 “Risk management: Laboratory Design”
13497 “Engineering Controls and Containment Devices”
13929 “Risk Management: Engineering controls”
13945 “Centrifuge precautions”
13946 “Safe Sharps Devices”
13987 “Biosafety and Biosecurity (BSS) Introduction”
16263 “Dual Research of Concern (DURC)”
Research Areas
Required Courses:
13493 “NIH Guidelines for Research involving recombinant or synthetic nucleic acid molecules”
Required Courses:
13902 “OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens Standard”
13903 “Hepatitis B virus (HBV Vaccination”
13904”Labels and Engineering controls”
13913 “Universal Precautions and Work Practices”
13914 “Emergency Response Procedures”
Required Courses:
13654 “Animal Biosafety”
Required Courses:
14044 “Understanding Nanotechnology and It’s Implications”
3. Additional documentation: If the proposed research requires additional permits or permission from internal or external sources (for example, research involving recombinant DNA introduced into live animals will also require IACUC approval), appropriate documentation needs to be included in the submission.
Examples of additional documentation:
- Disclosure form (for those working with blood borne pathogens)
- IRB approval (For research involving human subjects)
- IACUC approval (For research involving animals)
- USDA approval
4. Submit the Complete Protocol as a single PDF to IBC@uwgb.edu. Please note, the Principle investigator must be a faculty or instructor, students cannot be the PI. You must submit your complete protocol to the IBC at least two weeks prior to an IBC meeting to ensure your protocol will be reviewed. If you have any questions, please contact the IBC.