Institutional Review Board (IRB)

Any research involving humans or human tissues conducted under the auspices of Trevecca Nazarene University must be reviewed by the Trevecca Nazarene University Institutional Review Board (IRB) which is responsible for ensuring compliance with established federal and university procedural and ethical guidelines for research.

If you have Trevecca account credentials, you can find more details about IRB requirements, including links to required training, application processes, and sample forms by logging into the IRB SharePoint page at Institutional Review Board - Home (sharepoint.com).

If you are not a Trevecca employee or student and want to include Trevecca as an organization or its employees and/or students within your research, please email IRB2@trevecca.edu and provide the following details:

• Research Project Description:
  • Title and purpose of your research project
  • Your associated organization and your status therein
  • Exactly what you are requesting from Trevecca (e.g., distribute an invitation to certain group[s], provide access to data)
  • Who the requested participants are (e.g., one administrator representing the institution, all full-time employees, undergraduate traditional students ages 18 and up, graduate students, doctoral business students)
  • What participants will be invited to do (e.g., complete survey, participate in interview, experience an intervention)
  • How the data will used (e.g., compare responses by groups, describe or explain experiences, demonstrate effectiveness of an intervention)
• Documentation
  • If you have already gained IRB approval from another institution, provide your approval document, OR
  • If you are requesting Trevecca’s IRB review your research study, provide an email address which can be used to create an account in our IRB protocol application management system.

If you have any questions, please email Trevecca’s IRB at IRB2@trevecca.edu.