Human Subjects Research Protection Program (HRPP) Policy Index
The HRPP maintains the human subjects research protections policies utilized by all UW-Madison Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) and campus officials. These policies are reviewed by the Cross-Campus HRPP Committee and approved by the Institutional Official.
In addition to the policies below, researchers and study teams should review the documentation specific to the IRB office that they are working with. The Health Sciences IRBs Office hosts additional Policy and Guidance documents, while the ED/SBS IRB Office hosts additional Guidance documents.
There is additional Guidance and other resources on the HRPP Guidance, Forms and Resources page, which contains forms, guidance documents, and links to other campus resources.
The policies are organized alphabetically below, and can be full-text searched via this link.
- Application of Federalwide Assurance (FWA) Terms to UW-Madison Human Participants Research Policy
- Changes in Research Activities: Submission and Review
- Compliance Monitoring and Quality Improvement
- Compliance with Human Research Protections in Sponsored Research
- Conflicts of Interest of Non-UW-Madison Key Personnel
- Continuing Review: Submission and Review
- Creation and Dissemination of Policies and Related Documentation
- Cross-Campus Human Research Protection Program (HRPP) Committee Charter
- Engagement in Human Participants Research at UW-Madison
- Evaluating the Scientific or Scholarly Merits of Proposed Research
- Exceptions to Informed Consent Requirements in Emergency Situations
- Exempt Research (due to delayed implementation of the Revised Common Rule, there are two versions of this policy)
- Expert Review
- HRPP and IRB Resources
- HRPP Education and Training
- Initial Review: Submission and Review Policy
- Institutional Officials in Charge of HRPP
- IRB Authority and Independence
- IRB Composition and Quality Performance
- IRB Consultants Use and Conflict of Interest
- IRB Meeting Minutes and Regulatory Documentation
- IRB Meetings
- IRB Members’ Conflicts of Interest
- IRB Purview
- IRB Reliance
- IRB Review of Study Resources
- Maintenance of IRB Records
- Monitoring the Consent Process
- Noncompliance
- Obtaining and Documenting Informed Consent
- Principal Investigator Status for UW-Madison Studies Involving Human Participants
- Protecting Research Participants Privacy Interests and Confidentiality of Data
- Reporting of Suggestions and Concerns Regarding HRPP Performance and Function
- Reporting of Suggestions and Concerns Regarding the Protection of Research Participants
- Reporting to Institutional and External Authorities
- Research with Adult Participants Lacking Capacity to Consent
- Retention of IRB Records
- Review of Data and Safety Monitoring in Research
- Review of Research Involving Vulnerable Participants
- Single Institutional Review Board (IRB) for Multi-Site Federal Grants Policy
- Student Research
- Study Closure
- Suspension and Termination of Approved Research
- Unanticipated Problems
- Use of Human Fetal Tissue in Research