Temporary fax number for ORPC

The suite where ORPC is located will be going under renovations beginning next week which will affect our ability to accept faxed documents. Renovations that affect the ORPC should be complete by March 18, 2011.

We will still accept and review information electronically via our email submission addresses (irbsubmissions@umbc.edu and iacucsubmissions@umbc.edu) and will process applications and answer questions related to protocols.

We have a temporary fax number that investigators may use in the meantime. Please use 410-455-8750 to send signed application pages.

Thank you for your patience.

RCR instruction for NIH awards

The NIH has made a policy change regarding RCR instruction for Institutional Training Grant Applications (Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Institutional Training grants and Non-NRSA Institutional Training grants). See link on the ORPC page for Regulations and Policy.

Updated IRB forms and applications

Please use the most up to date forms and applications when submitting for IRB review and approval. Using older forms may delay the processing of your application (and causing minor headaches for the Office for Research Protections and Compliance staff!).

The direct link to these forms is: http://www.umbc.edu/research/ORPC/irb_forms.html

Updated IACUC forms and applications

Please use the most up to date forms and applications when submitting for IACUC review and approval. Using older forms may delay the processing of your application (and causing minor headaches for the Office for Research Protections and Compliance staff!).

The direct link to this forms is: http://www.umbc.edu/research/ORPC/iacuc_forms.html

Public Comment requested on the NIH adopting the updated Guide

The National Institute's of Health has issued a Federal Register Notice requesting public comments on:

1) NIH’s adoption of the eighth edition of the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, and

2) NIH’s proposed implementation that would require that institutions perform at least one semiannual program and facility evaluation using the eighth edition by March 31, 2012.

NIH encourages comments to be entered at: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/olaw/2011guidecomments/add.htm. Comments must be received on or before March 25, 2011. Comments will be made publicly available after March 25, 2011.

See the NIH Guide Notice: NOT-OD-11-042.

Full version of the interactive movie, The Lab, now available online

From the Office of Research Intergrity

The long awaited release of "The Lab: Avoiding Research Misconduct" is now available for viewing on the ORI web site. The video simulation allows users to assume the role of a graduate student, post-doc, research administrator, or PI and make decisions that affect the integrity of research.
http://ori.hhs.gov/TheLab

IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM THE CITI TRAINING PAGE

On Saturday, February 5, 2011 between 1:00 and 3:00 AM EST, the CITI Program web site will be taken offline for maintenance. Please complete the module you are working on and log off prior to this time. You will not lose credit for any module that you have completed already. You may resume where you left off when the site is brought back on line. For more information, go to https://www.citiprogram.org/