Heavily borrowed from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Undergraduate Research Journals: Interdisciplinary guide by Catherine Fraser Riehle and Anna Wigtil and Writing for Social Change: Journals that Publish Student Research and Writing guide by Bill Gillis at George Washington University.
Any member of the Barnard College faculty, staff, postdoctoral, and student bodies who plans to initiate research involving human subjects must submit a protocol for IRB review prior to beginning the project.
The Barnard IRB meets on the second Monday of every month while classes are in session, and as needed during the summer recess. In order to assure a timely review, please submit your application to the IRB at least two weeks before a scheduled meeting.
Research projects being conducted by Barnard undergraduates as part of a classroom exercise are not reviewed by the Barnard IRB. If the researched data may be used as part of a larger published project, then IRB approval must be obtained. However, the research mentor and the student researcher should complete the Student as PI Worksheet.
A copy of this completed form should be retained by the student and the mentor until the research project is complete.
This form is intended for pedagogically oriented undergraduate research. It is not appropriate for research projects initiated by Barnard faculty that include student research assistants.