The Office of Sponsored Projects (OSP) and faculty must work together to ensure quality, compliant submissions with the end goal of increased federal awards. This can only happen when enough time is afforded to build the collaborative relationship necessary to accomplish the shared objective of an on-time submission of a complete and high-quality proposal. Faculty…

Overview The UT Dallas SPARK Grant is an internal funding mechanism designed to provide research and professional development support to establish the research portfolio of Associate and Full Professors that have not received external funding in the past 24+ months. This program is designed to spark both internal and external collaborations, gain new training, obtain…

The purpose of this information is to provide guidance for Exemption Category 3 of human subjects research regulations (45 CFR 46) and provide examples of “benign behavioral interventions” at The University of Texas at Dallas (UTD). Exemption Category 3 (3) (i) Research involving benign behavioral interventions in conjunction with the collection of information from an…

Common Rule Most Exempt Studies are not subject to Federal regulations, however must go through an administrative review process to confirm their exemption status. The Office of Human Subjects Protections (OHSP) is responsible for determining whether research involving human subjects meets the criteria for exemption as outlined in the Federal regulations (see below). Investigators may not make this…

The Office of Human Subjects Protections (OHSP) facilitates and promotes the ethical involvement of human subjects in research by providing administrative support to the Institutional Review Board and consultative services to investigators and their research staff. The OHSP facilitates the IRB review and approval of human subjects research in accordance with applicable federal and state…

Certificates of Confidentiality (CoC) are issued by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to protect the privacy of research participants by prohibiting disclosure of identifiable, sensitive information collected in the course of a research study. Identifiable, sensitive information is defined as information that is about an individual and that is gathered or used during the…

Investigators must adhere to ongoing requirements for conducting approved research. This includes obtaining IRB approval for protocol modifications, submitting Renewal applications 30-45 days before expiration, accurately documenting Reportable Events through Incident Reports, submitting Closures once all research activities have been completed, and cooperating with all post-approval monitoring activities conducted by the IRB/OHSP.

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