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 18th, 2024 | November 11th, 2024 |
| There will be no meeting the week of November 25th, 2024, Thanksgiving | |
| December 2nd, 2024 | November 25th, 2024 |
| December 9th, 2024 | December 2nd, 2024 |
| December 16th, 2024 | December 9th, 2024 |
| There will be no meeting the week of December 23rd, 2024 | |
| December 30th, 2024 | December 20th, 2024 |
| January 6th, 2024 | December 30th, 2024 |
| January 13th – Regular review schedule resumes. (Submissions must be received by Monday, for consideration the following Monday.) | |
The IRB will be closed the following dates:
November 28th and 29th, 2024
December 24th, 25th, 31st, 2024
January 1st, 2025
We apologize for any inconvenience and hope you have a wonderful holiday season.