Research Integrity & Compliance

Committees & Meeting Schedules


Institutional Biosafety Committee

The Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) oversees the use of recombinant DNA technology, infectious agents, select agents, and biological toxins in research procedures conducted at or supported by the University of South Florida. All work involving the use of these materials must be registered with and reviewed by the IBC. 

2023 IBC Dates
Submission Deadline Scheduled Meetings
January 9, 2023 January 17, 2023
February 13, 2023 February 21, 2023
March 13, 2023 March 21, 2023
April 10, 2023 April 18, 2023
May 8, 2023 May 16, 2023
June 12, 2023 June 20, 2023
July 10, 2023 July 18, 2023
August 7, 2023 August 15, 2023
September 11, 2023 September 19, 2023
October 9, 2023 October 17, 2023
November 6, 2023 November 14, 2023
December 4, 2023 December 12, 2023

Submission Deadlines to Research Integrity & Compliance: These are the dates by which the protocol must be submitted in BiosafetyNet to be placed on that month’s meeting agenda.

Please direct questions and comments to the Biosafety Program or Debra Howeth, telephone (813) 974-5091, fax (813) 974-7091.


Conflict of Interest Program

The primary responsibility of the USF COI Committee is to review COI disclosures of investigators who conduct USF research (human subjects, animal and basic science) and to develop management plans with safeguards to ensure that the financial or personal interests disclosed by those investigators will not bias the design, conduct or reporting of the research.

USF Conflict of Interest in Research Committee Operating Procedures (PDF) 

Conflict of Interest committee meeting schedule 2023
Date Location Time

January 24, 2023

Microsoft Teams

3:30 p.m.

February 28, 2023

Microsoft Teams

3:30 p.m.

March 28, 2023

Microsoft Teams

3:30 p.m.

April 25, 2023

Microsoft Teams

3:30 p.m.

May 30, 2023

Microsoft Teams

3:30 p.m.

June 27, 2023

Microsoft Teams

3:30 p.m.

July 25, 2023

Microsoft Teams

3:30 p.m.

August 22, 2023

Microsoft Teams

3:30 p.m.

September 26, 2023

Microsoft Teams

 3:30 p.m.

October 24, 2023

Microsoft Teams

 3:30 p.m.

November 14, 2023

Microsoft Teams

 3:30 p.m.

December 12, 2023

Microsoft Teams

 3:30 p.m.
All dates are subject to change.
If you have any questions regarding this schedule, please contact the COI office at (813) 974-5638.

  IRB - Human Research Protection Program


Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee

NOTICE:
DRAFT application(s) (ACORP or USF) that will use VA resources (VA personnel, VA facilities, VA funding) should also be submitted to the VA R&D Committee at the same time the DRAFT application is submitted for veterinary pre-review.

University of South Florida's (USF) faculty and staff can now submit their Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) protocols electronically, allowing the transition from a paper submission process to a simpler, more efficient electronic IACUC (eIACUC) submission. This can now be submitted electronically through the Applications for Research Compliance (ARC) platform. Access the ARC portal.

Application Deadlines & Schedule of the IACUC
Veterinary Pre-Review
Submission Deadline
Research Integrity &
Compliance Submission Deadline
Scheduled IACUC
Meetings
October 13, 2022 October 20, 2022 October 28, 2022
November 3, 2022 November 10, 2022 November 18, 2022
December 1, 2022 December 8, 2022 December 16, 2022
2023
January 12, 2023 January 19, 2023

January 27, 2023

February 9, 2023 February 16, 2023 February 24, 2023
March 9, 2023 March 16, 2023 March 24, 2023
April 13, 2023 April 20, 2023 April 28, 2023
May 11, 2023 May 18, 2023 May 26, 2023
June 8, 2023 June 15, 2023 June 23, 2023
July 13, 2023 July 20, 2023 July 28, 2023
August 10, 2023 August 17, 2023 August 25, 2023
September 7, 2023 September 14, 2023 September 22, 2023
October 12, 2023 October 19, 2023 October 27, 2023
November 2, 2023 November 9, 2023 November 17, 2023
November 23, 2023 November 30, 2023 December 8, 2023

IACUC Subcommittee Schedule (PDF)


Radiation Safety - Semiannual Committee Meetings

  • Last meeting: Tuesday, June 8, 2021, 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.

  • Next meeting: TBD

USF Scientific Diving

Diving Control Board Meeting - TBD