Full board meetings occur Monday afternoons at 4:30 PM Eastern. Complete study submissions received by the EOB Monday will be reviewed at the Monday meeting of the following week. To ensure a timely review of your study, please refer to the Example Timeline for Full Board Reviews document on the Templates and Resources section of IRB Manager.
To accommodate reviewer schedules and office closures in the upcoming holiday season, full board meetings will run on a modified schedule. Complete study submissions requesting a full board review will be reviewed as follows:
| For a complete submission to be reviewed at the full board meeting scheduled for this date: | It must be received by this date: |
| November 13th, 2023 | November 6th, 2023 |
| There will be no meeting the week of November 20th, 2023, Thanksgiving | |
| November 27th, 2023 | November 21st, 2023 |
| December 4th, 2023 | November 27th, 2023 |
| December 11th, 2023 | December 4th, 2023 |
| December 18th, 2023 | December 11th, 2023 |
| There will be no meeting the week of December 25th, 2023 | |
| January 2nd, 2024 The office is closed Monday, January 1st and the meeting will be held Tuesday, January 2nd |
December 22nd, 2023 |
| January 8th, 2024 | December 29th, 2023 |
| January 15th – Regular review schedule resumes. (Submissions must be received by Monday, for consideration the following Monday.) | |
The IRB will be closed the following dates:
November 23rd and 24th, 2023
December 22nd, 25th, 29th, 2023
January 1st, 2024
We apologize for any inconvenience and hope you have a wonderful holiday season.