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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.

2024 IRB MEETING DATES AND DEADLINES
Submission deadline Meeting dates  
Monday, August 26, 2024 Thursday, September 19, 2024
Monday, September 30, 2024 Thursday, October 24, 2024
Monday, October 28, 2024 Thursday, November 14, 2024
Monday, November 25, 2024 Thursday, December 19, 2024
Monday, December 30, 2024 Thursday, January 16, 2025
Monday, January 27, 2025 Thursday, February 20, 2025

Submissions are due by 3 pm on the deadline date*

Meetings are generally held from 12:30 pm to 2:30 pm. Dates/times are subject to change.