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What is an SRC/IRB
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Titusville , NJ 08560
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The Terms
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Scientific Review Committee (SRC)
– Approves projects dealing with human subjects,
vertebrate animals, pathogenic agents, controlled
substances or recombinant DNA
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Institutional Review Board (IRB)
– a committee that, according to federal regulations
(45-CFR-46), must evaluate the potential physical
and/or psychological risk of research involving
human subjects.
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Overview
Why do we need SRC/IRBs
 Is an SRC/IRB required for all projects
 What is the sequence of affairs
 How do I know what is required
 What forms are involved
 Who has the final say
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Why do we need SRC/IRBs
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Rules – all participants must follow the rules
or their project will be rejected
Supervision – to make sure researchers are
supervised by trained personel
Safety – to make sure researchers are
performing experiments properly. Subjects
must be treated properly and substances
must be handled in a safe fashion
Informed Consent – required if human
subjects are part of an experiment
Restricted Experiments – its in the rules.
Not all experiments will be permitted
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Is an SRC/IRB required for
all projects
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Yes, SRC reviews are done for all
project submissions to the fair
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And no, SRC and/or IRB reviews are
required only for projects that perform
research on restricted areas (discussed
later). These reviews MUST occur
BEFORE experimentation is started
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What is the sequence of affairs
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Choose a project topic
Determine what forms are needed
Fill out forms and submit for
SRC/IRB approval (depends on form)
Begin experimentation
Complete project
Submit forms when entering the fair
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How do I know what is required
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Check out the rules and forms
Submit an SRC/IRB precheck email
from the club’s website
Use the ISEF Rules Wizard on the
Science Service website
Contact the Mercer Science and
Engineering Club
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What forms are involved
Form 1C: Regulated Research
Institutional/Industrial Setting
 Form 2: Qualified Scientist
 Form 3: Designated Supervisor
 Form 4: Human Subjects
 Forms 5A, 5B: Vertebrate Animal
 Form 6: Human and Vertebrate
Animal Tissue
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Forms 1C and 2
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Form 1C: Regulated Research
Institutional/Industrial Setting
– Must be completed by the scientist supervising the
student research conducted in a regulated
research institution (e.g., universities, medical
centers, NIH, etc.) or industrial setting.
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Form 2: Qualified Scientist
– Required for research involving pathogens; may
be required for research involving rDNA,
vertebrate animals, controlled substances and
humans.
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Forms 3 and 4
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Form 3: Designated Supervisor
– Required for projects using hazardous materials or
devices, tissue studies or if a required Qualified
Scientist is unable to supervise the
experimentation.
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Form 4: Human Subjects
– Required for all research involving humans. IRB
approval required before experimentation.
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Forms 5A, 5B and 6
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Form 5A, 5B: Designated Supervisor
– All research involving vertebrate animals that is
conducted in a Non-Regulated (A) or Regulated
(B) Research Site.
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Form 6: Human Subjects
– Required for all projects using fresh tissue,
organs, primary cell cultures, established cell and
tissue cultures, meat or meat by-products, human
or animal parts, including blood, blood products,
teeth and body fluids.
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Who has the final say
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For the Mercer Science and Engineering
Fair the final review is done by the Mercer
Science and Engineering Fair’s SRC
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For the Intel International Science and
Engineering Fair the final review is done
by the Intel International Science and
Engineering Fair’s SRC
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Summary
MSEC’s SRC checks all entries
 Projects that require IRB/SRC
approval must have the appropriate
forms before starting experiments
 The grand prize winner’s entry will be
check by ISEF’s IRB/SRC
 Projects that require and do not have
proper approval will be rejected
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