{"id":2917,"date":"2026-06-10T17:10:49","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T17:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/?page_id=2917"},"modified":"2026-08-12T17:18:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T17:18:08","slug":"student-guidance-faculty-advisor-responsibilities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/research-compliance\/human-research-protection-program\/guidance\/student-guidance-faculty-advisor-responsibilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Student guidance and faculty advisor responsibilities"},"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<a href=\"https:\/\/nau.edu\/admissions\/request-information\/\" id=\"request-info\" class=\"btn bg-true-blue left-nav-menu-bottom-button display-mobile\">Request info&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/a>\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 class=\"ri-container\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nau.edu\/admissions\/request-information\/\" id=\"request-info\" class=\"btn bg-true-blue left-nav-menu-bottom-button display-mobile\">Request info&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/a><\/div><\/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 \">Student guidance and faculty advisor responsibilities<\/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        \n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Guidance for student projects<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The NAU IRB provides support for students seeking IRB approvals. However, faculty advisors are the primary support for the development and submission of student IRB materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Undergraduate students<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are situations where undergraduate students will need to seek approval for research projects covered under the IRB (e.g., Honor\u2019s Thesis, HURA award).&nbsp;<strong>Faculty members must submit IRB applications and seek IRB approval<\/strong>. However, undergraduate students are responsible to work on and familiarize themselves with the IRB process and application. The faculty member and the IRB will support the student in learning and understanding the process and regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Faculty members will serve as PI on undergraduate research applications<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Faculty members are responsible for sharing and teaching undergraduate researchers about research design the IRB process and their responsibilities<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Both faculty and students are responsible for the conduct of their IRB approved protocols per\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/research-compliance\/human-research-protection-program\/guidance\/principal-investigator-pi-faculty-advisor-responsibilities\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"2810\">Investigator Responsibility Guidance<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The IRB is a resource to answer faculty and student questions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Graduate students<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Graduate students may submit IRB applications as PI for their research with their faculty advisor\/committee chair approval.<\/strong>&nbsp;In this case, students will have to collaborate with their faculty advisor on the development of the proposal. Graduate students are expected to take initiative to develop the proposal and communicate with the faculty advisor, as needed throughout the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Graduate students may submit IRB applications as PI with a faculty advisor<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Graduate students are responsible for developing their research design and submitting their IRB proposal in consultation with their faculty advisors<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Graduate students and faculty are responsible for the conduct of their IRB approved protocols per\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/research-compliance\/human-research-protection-program\/guidance\/principal-investigator-pi-faculty-advisor-responsibilities\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"2810\">Investigator Responsibility Guidance<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The IRB is a resource to answer faculty and student questions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Faculty advisor responsibilities:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ultimate responsibility for the conduct of all student activities, those described in the protocol and for protecting the rights and welfare of human subjects involved in the research<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Submitting IRB applications for undergraduate students<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Developing, reviewing and approving all documents submitted for IRB review<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>All additional obligations outlined in the IRB\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/research-compliance\/human-research-protection-program\/guidance\/principal-investigator-pi-faculty-advisor-responsibilities\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"2810\">Investigator Responsibility Guidance<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Version 2020-10<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<div class=\"nau-block nau-block-left-nav-bottom-bound\">\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":105,"featured_media":3141,"parent":2599,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ring_central_script_selection":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2917","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/105"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2917"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2917\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5381,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2917\/revisions\/5381"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2599"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}