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This test covers basic principles and procedures of human subjects research and provides evidence of participation in an education program on the use of human subjects in research. Completion of the module or participation in a workshop will satisfy this requirement. Renewal of the certification will be required every three years. This is now a campus requirement, regardless of funding. See NIH Education Requirement in the Tool kit to the right.

Not only could grant or contract support be withdrawn from a single offending project, but the host institution could lose all federal funding. Consequently, the University takes the protection of human subjects very seriously, not only for ethical reasons, but for fiscal reasons as well.

The IU Campus Committee for the Protection of Human Subjects, known as the Human Subjects Committee (HSC) is the institutional review board for the IU campus. It is charged with safeguarding the rights and welfare of human subjects, and no research or related activity involving humans can be undertaken without HSC approval. Every research project involving human beings in any way must be reviewed by the HSC, including, but not limited to, projects dealing with data already collected by someone else, and pilot studies. Even projects which qualify as exempt from the federal regulations must be submitted for review to the HSC prior to commencement. Consequently, every investigator should consider all ramifications of his/her research before determining that human subjects are not involved and that HSC approvals therefore are not required.