A. Domain of IRB Authority

Since the participation of humans in research may raise fundamental ethical and civil rights questions, all faculty, staff and students who involve human beings as subjects in any research, whether funded or not, that is 1) in any way sponsored by the university, 2) conducted by or under the direction of any UT faculty staff or student, 3) uses UT facilities or property for the collection or analysis of data or 4) involves the use of UT nonpublic information to contact or identify participants or prospective participants must obtain IRB approval before beginning their research. This policy also applies to research conducted at other institutions by UT faculty, staff, and students, even if the other institution has its own review process. The University does not accept responsibility for research that is conducted in violation of this policy or without required IRB approval.

The IRB policy described in this document applies to research using human subjects. As per federal guidelines (46.102d), research is defined as “systematic investigation designed to develop or contribute to generalizable knowledge.” Any activity conducted at the University of Tampa that meets this definition of research is subject to the conditions set forth in the common code and explained in this document. A human subject is defined as “a living individual about whom an investigator conducting research obtains data through communication or interpersonal contact or identifiable private information (46.102f)