Grambling State University
Institutional Review Board – HSR App/IRB Protocol Submission Instructions
Revised Fall 2016
Institutional Review Board
Human Subjects Review Application/ IRB Protocol Submission Instructions
Requests for Human Subjects Review must be made at least two weeks in advance of scheduled
IRB Meetings. (See meeting schedule and due dates.) This is true for all requests, including
projects not requiring full committee review (exempt studies, modifications, continuing reviews
of existing protocols). Each proposal submitted to the IRB shall consist of the following
components:
• Human Subject Review/IRB Protocol Application Form
• Approved Proposal, including appropriate signatures and detailed study plan
• Informed Consent Form (See the Informed Consent Template.)
• Copies of all instruments (e.g. questionnaires, surveys, interview scripts) to be used
• Examples of recruiting tools to be used (e.g. letters, fliers, advertisements)
• Evidence of completion of human subjects training (CITI) for all investigators and
faculty sponsor(s) listed.
*An IRB webpage with links to required documents and other important information will
be available Fall 2016.
Please electronically submit all required forms to IRB@gram.edu and send the original, signed,
(hard copy) signature page (page 9 of the Human Subject Review/IRB Protocol Application
Form) to the GSU - IRB Chair, Dr. Carolyn Jackson, GSU Box 4305, Grambling, LA 71245.
Reviews cannot be completed until all application components listed above have been
received.
**Please note that faculty and students must show evidence that training has been
completed in the past 3 years. Reviews will not be completed until updated training
certificates are presented for all PIs and faculty sponsors listed, even if they have been
previously submitted with another protocol**