NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

Office of Human Subjects Research

Information for NIH IRB Members

IRB Protocol Review Standards (to be used in PIs' oral presentations to NIH's IRBs and in the NIH IRB review of all new protocols)

Orientation Information for Members of NIH's IRBs (pdf file)
(Revised: November 2004)

Figure 1 (doc file)
Decision Tree for How to Proceed With Review and Approval of Research Involving Human Subjects

Information on NIH IRB Member Liability (Revised: August 2004)