National Science Foundation OIG semiannual report to Congress includes areas of human subject concern

The National Science Foundation, Office of Inspector General, states that allegations of Common Rule violations are on the rise.

Areas of non-compliance regarding human subjects include:

1. Falsification of IRB approval
2. Use of unapproved consent forms
3. Failure to obtain IRB approval for changed or revised protocols
4. Initiation of human subjects research without finalized IRB approval
5. Insufficient management and oversight of the research by the PI

The full report may be accessed here: http://nsf.gov/pubs/2015/oig15002/oig15002.pdf.

If you have a project that includes human subjects, please review SFA's Insitutional Review Board for Protection of Human Subjects in Research http://www.sfasu.edu/acadaffairs/145.asp.