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Deadlines and Meetings

The IRB full board is scheduled to convene every month (only if needed). 

*These deadlines do NOT apply to exempt or expedited submissions which are instead reviewed by a designated IRB member on a rolling basis. Most UMB IRB submissions do not require review at a convened IRB meeting and are instead triaged in order of receipt for non-committee review. Therefore, it is strongly recommended that PIs submit as soon as applications are ready and not wait until the full board deadline date.

Learn more about the types of IRB review.

2023 IRB MEETING DATES AND DEADLINES
Submission deadline Meeting dates  
Monday, November 21, 2022      Thursday, December 15, 2022 
Monday, December 19, 2022      Thursday, January 19, 2023 
Monday, January 23, 2023    Thursday, February 16, 2023 
Monday, February 27, 2023    Thursday, March 23, 2023 
Monday, March 27, 2023              Thursday, April 20, 2023 
Monday, April 24, 2023  Thursday, May 18, 2023  
Monday, May 22, 2023      Thursday, June 15, 2023 
Monday, June 26, 2023       Thursday, July 20, 2023
Monday, July 24, 2023      Thursday, August 17, 2023  
Monday, August 28, 2023         Thursday, September 21, 2023  
Monday, September 25, 2023     Thursday, October 19, 2023 
Monday, October 23, 2023           Thursday, November 16, 2023  
Monday, November 27, 2023      Thursday, December 21, 2023 
Monday, December 18, 2023      Thursday, January 18, 2024 

Submissions are due by 3 pm on the deadline date*  

Meetings are generally held from 12:30 pm to 3 pm. Dates/times are subject to change.