IRB Office Information
Please contact us by phone at (205) 348-8461 or by email at rscompliance@ua.edu if you have any questions or comments.
Toll-free number: 1-877-820-3066
Office for Research Compliance
Box 870127
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
Institutional Review
Before you start your research with human participants, you must submit an application with the University of Alabama's Institutional Review Board.
The purpose of the University of Alabama's Institutional Review Board (IRB) is to ensure the safe and ethical treatment of humans as subjects in research, public service, and training programs. In accordance with federal and university regulations, it is required that the IRB review all research involving human subjects conducted at or sponsored by the University of Alabama regardless of the funding source. The University of Alabama's IRB has a moral duty and obligation to protect human subjects prior to the commencement of any research study and to discontinue any protocol upon notification of irregular activity warranting such action.