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Research Compliance

The Institutional Review Board and Ball State's researchers follow the ethical principles laid out by the Belmont Report and include respect for persons, beneficence and justice. Ball State University's Institutional Review Board also subscribes to the "Common Rule" for the protection of human subjects found in 45 CFR 46 (http://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/humansubjects/guidance/45cfr46.htm).

The IRB reviews and approves all of Ball State's research protocols involving human subjects so that the university and individual researchers comply with laws and national standards regarding the ethical treatment of human subjects. The researcher must attain IRB approval before research involving human subjects is conducted. Refer to the Researchers Handbook for details and to the Ball State University Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects in Research found in the Faculty and Professional Personnel Handbook.