Training and Regulatory Compliance

Student/Volunteer Access and Training Form

The student/volunteer access and training form is required for every student or volunteer participating in research, whether in a research laboratory or laboratory classroom. The form is used to grant access to facilities, verify that trainings have been completed and register students if taking DIS/DIR. Click here to download the form. Volunteers will have additional paperwork.  Please note: faculty, staff and post docs must also complete required trainings prior to conducting research and this is the responsibility of the faculty (PI). Contact Melanie Weiss at mweiss@health.fau.edu if you have questions.

• Institutional Review Board (IRB)- If your research meets the following two definitions then you are involved in research with human subjects: "Research" means a systematic investigation designed to develop or contribute to generalizable knowledge. "Human subject" means a living individual about whom an investigator conducting research obtains: 1.) data through intervention or interaction with the individual, or 2.) identifiable private information.

Please visit http://www.fau.edu/research/research-integrity/do-i-need-irb.php for more information.

• Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)- The IACUC provides oversight and assistance in ensuring compliance to all laws, regulations, and policies governing the care and use of research and teaching animals.

Please visit http://www.fau.edu/research/research-integrity/about-iacuc.php for more information.

• Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC)- Research experiments involving the use of human-derived substances (e.g. blood or blood components, tissues, cells, secretions, established human cell lines) require IBC review, and BSL2 guidelines must be followed while working with them. Please visit http://www.fau.edu/research/research-integrity/Institutional-Biosafety-Committee.php for additional information.