Welcome to the
Reed College Human Subjects Research Committee (HSRC)
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According to the provisions of the Federal Wide Assurance filed by Reed College, federally-funded research involving human participants sponsored by Reed must be reviewed according to the regulations set forth in 45 CFR 46. The College also certified that all research involving human participants at Reed, independent of funding source, will be conducted in accordance with the ethical principles enunciated in the Belmont Report. Thus, for both ethical and legal reasons, the College has committed itself to a process of internal review of all research involving human participants.

Research that must be reviewed includes:
-faculty research projects
-senior theses
-projects conducted outside the classroom by students (e.g., independent projects, projects funded by special grants)
-a limited set of classroom projects ("Research Projects in Classes")

The internal review will be conducted by the HSRC, which is registered as Reed’s Institutional Review Board (IRB).

Projects conducted on the Reed campus by non-Reed investigators must also undergo review by the Reed HSRC. Projects conducted by Reed investigators at off-campus sites having their own process of institutional review will undergo minimal additional review at Reed.

08-09 Committee Calendar / Full Review Submission Deadlines