{"id":2850,"date":"2026-06-10T16:44:49","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T16:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/?page_id=2850"},"modified":"2026-11-09T21:50:30","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T21:50:30","slug":"administrative-closures","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/research-compliance\/human-research-protection-program\/guidance\/administrative-closures\/","title":{"rendered":"Administrative closures"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"nau-block nau-block-left-nav-top-bound\">\n    \t<button id=\"left-nav-toggle-btn\" onclick=\"toggleNav();\">\n\t\tON THIS PAGE \n\t\t<i id=\"chevron-icon\" class=\"fas fa-solid fa-chevron-down\"><\/i>\n\t<\/button>\n\t<div id=\"left-nav-menu-track\">\n\t\t<div id=\"left-nav-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"rfi-above-anchor-tags\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ri-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"left-nav-menu\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"menu-section menu-section-links\"><h6 class=\"hidden-mobile left-nav-list-header\">ON THIS PAGE<\/h6><ul class=\"left-nav-menu-list left-nav-automatic on-this-page\"><\/ul><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"menu-section backcolor\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHOW CAN WE HELP?\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"responsive-icons\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"tel:928-523-9551\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/themes\/nau-marketing-2021\/img\/icon-phone.svg\" alt=\"Telephone:\"> 928-523-9551<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"mailto:IRB@nau.edu\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/themes\/nau-marketing-2021\/img\/icon-email.svg\" alt=\"Email:\"><span class=\"left-nav-email\"> IRB&#8203;@nau.edu <\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<section class=\"nau-block left-nav-section\"><header class=\"entry-header\"><div class=\"breadcrumb\"><ol class=\"breadcrumbs\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/stage.in.nau.edu\">IN<\/a><span class=\"breadcrumb-chevron\" aria-hidden=\"true\">&gt;<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\">NAU Research<\/a><span class=\"breadcrumb-chevron\" aria-hidden=\"true\">&gt;<\/span><\/li><li class=\"current\">Pages<\/li><\/ol><\/div><h1 class=\"entry-title text-left \">Administrative closures<\/h1><hr class=\"h1-hr  text-left \" role=\"none\"><\/header><!-- .entry-header --><\/section><!-- <section class=\"nau-block left-nav-section grid-md-12\">\n    <header class=\"entry-header\">\n        <h1 class=\"entry-title text-left \" tabindex=\"0\" id=\"h1-first\">Dummy H1<\/h1>\n        <hr class=\"h1-hr  text-left \" role=\"none\">\n    <\/header>\n<\/section> -->\n\n<section class=\"nau-block left-nav-section grid-md-12\">\n    <div class=\"page-content\">\n        <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Exempt, Expedite, and Full Board NAU IRB projects that have been granted approval receive an expiration date. The period of approval corresponds to the IRB&#8217;s determination of risk. Reapproval is\u00a0<strong>required<\/strong>\u00a0before the expiration of the study, if the study is continuing. Federal regulations do not allow for a grace period after a project\u2019s approval period expires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Projects that are not reapproved by the expiration date of the study will be administratively closed by the Human Research Protection Program (HRPP). If the approval of human research expires,&nbsp;<strong>all<\/strong>&nbsp;human research procedures related to the protocol under review must cease, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Recruitment<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Advertisement<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Screening<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enrollment<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Consent<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Interventions and interactions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Collection and data analysis of private identifiable information<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The principal investigator may be restricted from submitting new human research to the HRPP until a completed\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/research-compliance\/human-research-protection-program\/irb-submission-process\/project-closure\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"2635\">Closure Form<\/a>\u00a0has been received.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If current subjects will be harmed by stopping research procedures (e.g. those procedures specifically for human research), immediately contact the HRPP office. See <a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/research-compliance\/human-research-protection-program\/guidance\/reporting-local-event-information\/\">reporting local event information guidance<\/a>. You will be asked to provide:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A reportable local event form,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A coded list of the currently enrolled subjects,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>what procedures must be continued, and<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>in what way(s) subjects will be harmed by stopping human research procedures.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No research data can be collected outside of the IRB approval period. 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