To continue our outreach and providing the most up to date templates for our investigators to use, please click on the ORPC Documents and Forms page to download the most current versions. These...
Webnet training is now back up and running. We apologize for any inconvenience in attempts to access training. If you have any questions please contact us at compliance@umbc.edu.
The ORPC regrets to inform you that the "Webnet" site for IBC and IACUC training is currently unavailable, and we are unable to add new users at this time. We will update this post to let you...
NIH has simplified the Vertebrate Animals Section (VAS) of grant applications, cooperative agreements, and contract proposals to remove redundancy with IACUC review while meeting the requirements...
Those who cannot attend the October 20, 2015 Public Town Hall Meeting to respond to questions related to the Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects Notice of Proposed Rulemaking...
National Biosafety Stewardship Month is a period during which institutions, such as UMBC, are encouraged to focus efforts on promoting awareness of investigator responsibilities and sustaining a...
Learn more of how these changes may impact your research
The current regulations, which were developed over two decades ago, are being updated by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to enhance oversight of research on human subjects and...
In an effort to improve access to all of ORPC’s research related training, we have made changes to the registration information in our training pages that will make the process of signing up for...
The next IACUC meeting is scheduled for October 14, 2015. Investigators who want to have an application reviewed at this meeting should send a complete copy of the IACUC paperwork to...
Proposal to Improve Rules Protecting Human Research Subjects
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) issued on September 2, 2015 as a draft of the final rule intended to modernize, strengthen, and...