
Undergraduate and Graduate Student Researchers
All SU faculty, staff and students must obtain written IRB verification before beginning any aspect of a study (including recruitment) involving collecting information from or about living individuals (unless publicly available). The IRB cannot provide a retroactive determination under any circumstances, even if the project would otherwise meet exemption or Not Human Participant Research criteria.
Students might engage in human participant research activities in different ways:
Carefully review the IRB/DNP decision tree to determine required steps. If your project will need further IRB consideration, complete the IRB DNP project form.
To avoid delays or returned submissions, review all IRB guidance carefully. Be sure your faculty mentor and clinical site supervisor (if relevant) have reviewed your completed form and provided signatures before submitting. (The IRB will not process incomplete forms or those missing signatures.)
Contact irb@seattleu.edu with any questions.