Research Integrity, Security, and Compliance

IMPORTANT NOTICE

Starting September 1, 2024, all IRB applications/forms will need to be submitted using Cayuse Human Ethics. Click here to access the landing page, where you will be directed to log in using your Kean Single Sign-On. Cayuse user profiles for all Kean faculty and staff have already been created.

Note that only full-time Kean faculty and staff may serve as Principal Investigator (PI). Graduate students may serve as a Co-PI, but they will need a faculty/staff advisor to serve as PI. Under no circumstances are undergraduate students allowed to serve as PI or co-PI. Students (or their advisors) will need to fill out this form to apply for a Cayuse user profile.

Please check this page often for updates as we roll out the new system in September. Additional information, including training materials, user guides, and best-practices, will be made available on the IRB course shell on Canvas.  Please send any questions to IRB@kean.edu.

Kean University supports research as an integral element of its mission to advance and disseminate knowledge. The University's practices and policies in support of research firmly uphold the highest standards of ethics and integrity and comply with all federal and state regulations and guidelines. To help fulfill this mission, Kean University has established an Institutional Review Board, an appointed group of researchers from across disciplines, who review all human subjects research applications according to federal and state regulations and university policies. All faculty, students, and employees who conduct research involving human subjects must comply with University Policy and Procedures for the Protection of Human Subjects in Research.

Institutional Review Board

The Institutional Review Board (IRB) is charged with the review of proposed research protocols to ensure that the rights of human subjects are protected and that the risk of harm to subjects is minimized. The framework for the protection of human subjects is set in Federal regulation.

IRB members review all assigned research protocols to ensure that:

• Risks to subjects are minimized
• Risks to subjects are reasonable in relation to anticipated benefits
• Selection of subjects is equitable
• Informed consent is properly obtained from all prospective subjects and documented
• Subject’s privacy and confidentiality are protected
• Appropriate additional safeguards are incorporated for any vulnerable subjects

IRB Application Deadlines - AY 2024-2025

                                                                        Important Notice 

IRB Committee meetings are held on the 3rd Wednesday of the month during the academic year.

On January 19, 2017, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and fifteen other federal agencies issued changes to the regulations governing human subject research. These changes will go into effect on January 21, 2019. The regulatory requirements apply differently depending on whether the study was initiated before January 21, 2019, or on or after January 21, 2019. For more information, click here.  

Click here for the summary of the revised common rule