Institutional Review Board
The primary purpose of the Institutional Review Board (IRB) is to assure the safety, rights, welfare and dignity of human subjects. It is the policy of Carroll College that human research activities conducted under the oversight of the Carroll College Institutional Review Board (IRB), will be conducted in accordance with applicable federal law 45CFR part 46 (subparts A-E), applicable Montana state laws, the Belmont Report, and the Carroll College IRB’s institutional policies. The Carroll College Office of Academic Affairs authorizes and empowers the IRB to have authority over the development and enactment of Carroll College IRB policies in regards to oversight of research conducted with human subjects by both internal and external principal investigators.
As a student, faculty or staff member of Carroll College, if you are doing research (including class projects and theses) that involves collecting information or data about human subjects, or testing/measuring human participants in any way, you need to know the following:
- You need to have Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval before you begin.
- If you do not have IRB approval for your research, your research project cannot be recognized by Carroll and will not be accepted to fulfill any academic requirements.
- The IRB cannot review research that has already been conducted.
- The IRB review must be conducted before you involve human participants in your research or project.
See the Carroll College IRB Policies and Procedures Manual or obtain an IRB application at https://www.carroll.edu/academic-services/institutional-review-board.