Ethical Review for Research at Gettysburg College

Research involving human subjects | Research involving animals

To ensure compliance with applicable federal law, faculty undertaking or sponsoring any research involving human subjects must contact the Provost's Office, which will determine the category of review the research falls under.

Research requiring full review by Gettysburg College's Institutional Review Board (IRB):

• All research funded by the National Science Foundation, the Department of Health and Human Services, and other funding agencies with similar restrictions
• Research involving physical or psychological risk to individuals, research on special populations (minors, prisoners, non-competent individuals).

 Research requiring expedited review.

• Research involving minimal risks, confidential data that may besensitive, non stressful
• research on individual or group behavior, recording of data using noninvasive procedures, adult participants.

Research exempt from IRB oversight:

• no risk, non-sensitive material collected through questionnaires or observational methods, adult participants, anonymous data or information obtained is innocuous.