Course-Based Projects

 

Course-Based Projects

For certain low-risk student projects (which may be within a course's curriculum or a group of honors projects), a faculty member may coordinate the project proposals and liaise with the IRB to create a group submission, as outlined below. The IRB supports all natures of research projects, but please note that certain projects necessitating a higher level of review may be challenging to carry out within a 10-week term. The information below will assist the planning process and help your students obtain IRB permission more quickly.

NOTE: only the IRB may provide a final determination for students to begin their projects. Faculty members may not give permission without a written IRB determination. The IRB cannot retroactively issue a determination under any circumstances. Students who initiate projects prior to a written IRB determination are engaging in research misconduct and cannot use the data for any publication or presentations.

Before you initiate this process, we encourage you to contact the irb@seattleu.edu with a brief description of the nature of the student projects, as the steps below may not be necessary or applicable for your particular course.

Note: Individual research activities, including recruitment, may not begin until each project has received written IRB permission from the IRB.