If you’ve recently submitted a proposal to a prospective sponsor that will require the use of human subjects, animals or hazardous materials, you need to be sure that the process to receive university approval to conduct research using those items has commenced. In a few cases, you may have already been required to complete this step as a condition of your application. Depending on what is proposed in your research, the timeframe for approval to use the above categories can range vastly. It is important to have your approvals in place before an award is made, because although the funds have arrived at OHIO, you will not be approved to spend until all the necessary documentation has been received by the Office of Research Compliance and subsequently shared with ORSP.

Office of Research Compliance
The Office of Research Compliance (ORC) is a unit of the Vice President for Research division that is responsible for ensuring overall compliance with applicable federal, state, and institutional policies with regard to research. The unit administers, supports, guides and oversees the work of various compliance committees to uphold ethical and regulatory standards and practices. The office manages research-related regulatory mandates including areas such as the Institutional Review Board (IRB) for human subjects research, the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC), research conflicts of interest and management of the fraud and misconduct process. In addition the animal care and facilities staff report to this office. Staff includes the Director for Research Compliance; Associate Director for Research Compliance (compliance); Associate Director for Research Compliance (animal facilities); the Assistant Director for Research Compliance (animal facilities); IRB Coordinator; IACUC Coordinator; and administrative assistant for the Compliance Office. Contact information for all of the above are located on the research compliance website, www.ohiou.edu/research/compliance.


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