• Mission Statement of the MSU HRPP Plan
• MSU’s Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)
• FWA and IRB Registration Numbers
• Authority of IRBs
• Responsibilities of the IRBs

 

Mission Statement of the MSU HRPP Plan

The Michigan State University (MSU) human research protection program’s (HRPP) primary mission is the protection of individuals who are the subjects of research.  MSU is committed to follow the ethical standards described in the Belmont Report, and all applicable federal, state and local regulations and university policies and procedures.  The HRPP at MSU sets forth the structure, policies and procedures to implement this mission and commitment.  The processes of education, review and monitoring described in the HRPP serve to ensure the safe and ethical conduct of research that will protect human subjects in an atmosphere of mutual trust and integrity in the pursuit of knowledge and human benefit (Section 3-1: Michigan State University Human Research Protection Program Plan, MSU Human Research Protection Manual).  

For more information regarding the MSU HRPP Plan please visit section 3-1, Michigan State University Human Research Protection Program Plan  of the Human Research Protection Manual.

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MSU’s Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

MSU has established three Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) that have oversight for all research conducted under its Federal Wide Assurance #00004556.  The designated IRB’s are listed below. Please click on the specific IRB below to learn more information on that IRB.

• Social Science, Behavioral, Education Institutional Review Board (SIRB)
• Biomedical and Health Institutional Review Board (BIRB).
• Community Research Institutional Review Board (CRIRB)

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Federal Wide Assurance and IRB Registration Numbers

As required by the federal government for institutions engaged in human subjects research that is supported by any agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Michigan State University has an approved assurance of compliance with DHHS regulations (45 CFR 46.103) for the protection of human subjects with the federal Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP). 

Michigan State University’s Federal-Wide Assurance of Protection for Human Subjects (FWA-00004556) states that all of its activities related to human subject research, regardless of funding source, will be guided by the ethical principles found in the Belmont Report, will comply with the OHRP Terms of the Federal-Wide Assurance for Protection of Human Subjects for Institutions within the United States, and with regulations set forth in 45 CFR 46 and all of its subparts (A,B,C,D). (Section 1-1: Federal Wide Assurance, MSU Human Research Protection Manual)

For further information regarding the Federal Wide Assurance please visit section 1-1, Federal Wide Assurance of the Human Research Protection Manual.

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Listed below is the MSU Federal Wide Assurance number along with the IRB registration numbers.

Assurance: FWA00004556-Michigan Ste U
                   Located at: EAST  LANSING, MICHIGAN.

Registration#	Name	City	US / Foreign	State
IRB00000297	Michigan State U IRB #1 - Biomedical	East Lansing	US	MI
IRB00003392	Community Rsch Institutional Review Board (CRIRB) IRB #2	East Lansing	US	MI
IRB00005250	Michigan State U IRB #3 - Social Science	East Lansing	US	MI

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