The Institutional Bio-Safety Committee (IBC) and the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) are pleased to announce the implementation of an electronic system for the submission, review, and management of research protocols.

The IRBNet suite of tools (http://www.irbnet.org) has been carefully selected for its ability to meet BSU's current needs and for its flexibility to meet our anticipated future needs.   Features include electronic document management, web-based protocol sharing and collaboration, automatic notifications, electronic submissions and reviews, electronic revision histories, electronic signatures, and event tracking. We are confident this system will improve the efficiency and transparency of the review process, and we invite your feedback and questions (ibc@bsu.edu).

Researchers may access training materials for IRBNet on their respective compliance websites:
Bio-Safety: http://www.bsu.edu/research/biosafety
IACUC website: http://www.bsu.edu/research/animalcare

All protocols for must be submitted electronically, effective Tuesday, June 10, 2008.   For more information, please contact Amy Boos, Research Compliance Administrator, at akboos@bsu.edu or 5-5034.