Institutional Review Board

Purpose of the Institutional Review Board:

• Promote and support professional ethical standards across a range of disciplines through review of planned research.
• Facilitate opportunities for investigators to pursue research funding and to meet externally-required review processes.
• Promote the dignity and protection of research participants and animal subjects.

We are happy to consult with researchers in designing ethical research; please feel free to contact any IRB committee member or write to irb@dordt.edu.

Forms and Checklists for Submitting Research Proposals:

• CITI Training Instructions
• Instructions for submitting research proposals
• Summary of research review
• Online research proposal form
• Consent form checklist
  • Consent Template for Social-Behavioral Research
  • Consent Template for Biomedical Research
• HIPAA Authorization for Research checklist

Again, if you have any questions, please feel free to contact any IRB committee member or write to irb@dordt.edu.