FGCU COMPLIANCE COMMITTEES

Compliance Committees provide to our researchers assistance in complying with the various federal and state regulations.  Research involving human subjects (IRB), animal subjects (IACUC), radioactive materials, biohazardous materials, and recombinant DNA (Research Safety Committee) have a multitude of laws and regulations with which they must comply. 

The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs also provides assistance with inventions and Intellectual Property issues that arise from externally funded projects. 

For policies, application forms, training sites, related links, meeting schedules and memberships, please follow these links...

.Institutional Review Board (IRB)

Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)

Research Safety Committee

Intellectual Property Policy

For assistance with IRB, IACUC, and Research Safety Committee applications,

please contact Ms. Donna Stremke at 239-590-7029 or dstremke@fgcu.edu

FGCU Institutional Review Board for the Protection of Human Subjects

in Research and Related Activities (IRB)

Committee Members

• Faculty Guidelines and Application
• IRB Policy and Procedures
• IRB Policy Regarding Oral History Interviewing
• Frequently Asked Questions

To use the electronic application form, open it as Read Only and save it to your computer.  Each time you revise it, save it with a new name.

Application Form

The IRB requires completion of human subject training to accompany the protocol.  We recommend the following tutorial.  Please print the certificate at the end of the tutorial and send it to ORSP.

• http://phrp.nihtraining.com/users/login.php

Related Human Subject Sites

• Code of Federal Regulations 45CFR46 
• U.S. Food and Drug Administration
• PRIM&R Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research

FGCU Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)

IACUC meetings are held once a semester.

Committee Members

Before submitting an application to the IACUC, please review this document:

• Florida Gulf Coast University's Policy on Animal Care and Use in Education & Research (word document)

Use this application form:  Application Form (word document).  This form is designed to be completed electronically and then printed.  Please use the TAB key to move from one field to the next. 

Related Animal Subject Sites

• Animal Welfare Act
• Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (Office of Extramural Research, National Institutes of Health
• Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, National Research Council
• Guidelines for use of Fishes in Field Research

Online IACUC Training Opportunities

• IACUC Resource page from Lab Animal
• Laboratory Animal Training Association
• Veterans Administration's Office of Research & Development research training site
• IACUC Online Training & Materials
• Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Animal Care page for IACUC's

FGCU Research Safety Committee

The mission of the FGCU Research Safety Committee is to promote and facilitate a safe research environment by requiring that research projects meet all federal, state and local research safety regulations.  To ensure compliance, the FGCU Research Safety Committee will review, approve and monitor applicable research projects and serve as an advocate for investigators to meet required infrastructure and personnel training and expertise guidelines.

 The Research Safety Committee was established by President William Merwin in 2002 for the purpose of reviewing, approving and monitoring research projects.  FGCU received its first Radioactive Materials License in January, 2006, from the State of Florida Department of Health, Bureau of Radiation Control.  License Number 3774-1, Category 3L(III) will expire on January 31, 2011. 

 Meetings are held as necessary.  The next meeting will be held in Spring 2008.

Radiation Safety Manual

Research Safety Application

Biosafety Manual

HHS and USDA Select Agents and Toxins

Biological Inventory List:  http://itech.fgcu.edu/hazmat/biological.asp

Chemical Inventory Form:  http://itech.fgcu.edu/hazmat/chemical.asp

Intellectual Property Policy & Invention Disclosure 

• Intellectual Property Policy (pdf document)
• Invention Disclosure Form (word document)

For assistance with Intellectual Property and Commercialization issues,

please contact Dr. Thomas J. Roberts at 239-590-7021. 

Send your Questions or Comments to: troberts@fgcu.edu