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. 

IBC Dates
Submission Deadline Scheduled Meetings
January 10 January 18
February 7 February 15
March 7 March 15
April 11 April 19
May 9 May 17
June 13 June 21
July 11 July 19
August 8 August 16
September 12 September 20
October 10 October 18
November 7 November 15
December 5 December 13

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) 

COI Committee Meeting Schedule
RIC Conference Room, Suite 165
Board Meeting Dates Start Time

January 25, 2022

 3:30 p.m.

February 22, 2022

 3:30 p.m.

March 22, 2022

 3:30 p.m.

April 26, 2022

 3:30 p.m.

May 24, 2022

 3:30 p.m.

June 28, 2022

 3:30 p.m.

July 26, 2022

 3:30 p.m.

August 23, 2022

 3:30 p.m.

September 27, 2022

  3:30 p.m.

October 25, 2022

  3:30 p.m.

November 15, 2022

  3:30 p.m.

December 13, 2022

  3:30 p.m.

  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
January 13, 2022 January 20, 2022 January 28, 2022
February 10, 2022 February 17, 2022 February 25, 2022
March 10, 2022 March 17, 2022 March 25, 2022
April 7, 2022 April 14, 2022 April 22, 2022
May 5, 2022 May 12, 2022 May 20, 2022
June 9, 2022 June 26, 2022 June 24, 2022
July 7, 2022 July 14, 2022 July 22, 2022
August 11, 2022 August 18, 2022 August 26, 2022
September 8, 2022 September 15, 2022 September 23, 2022
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

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