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Deadlines and Meetings

The IRB full board is scheduled to convene every month (only if needed). 

*These deadlines do NOT apply to exempt or expedited submissions which are instead reviewed by a designated IRB member on a rolling basis. Most UMB IRB submissions do not require review at a convened IRB meeting and are instead triaged in order of receipt for non-committee review. Therefore, it is strongly recommended that PIs submit as soon as applications are ready and not wait until the full board deadline date.

Learn more about the types of IRB review.

2025 IRB MEETING DATES AND DEADLINES
Submission deadline Meeting dates  
Monday, December 23, 2024    Thursday, January 16, 2025 
Monday, January 20, 2025           Thursday, February 13, 2025 
Monday, February 17, 2025   Thursday, March 13, 2025 
Monday, March 31, 2025  Thursday, April 17, 2025 
Monday, April 21, 2025 Thursday, May 15, 2025 
Monday, May 19, 2025 Thursday, June 12, 2025 
Monday, June 23, 2025   Thursday, July 17, 2025
Monday, July 28, 2025     Thursday, August 21, 2025  
Monday, August 25, 2025  Thursday, September 18, 2025  
Monday, September 29, 2025     Thursday, October 16, 2025 
Monday, October 27, 2025  Thursday, November 20, 2025  
Monday, November 24, 2025    Thursday, December 18, 2025 
Monday, December 22, 2025    Thursday, January 15, 2026 

Submissions are due by 3 pm on the deadline date*

Meetings are generally held from 12:30 pm to 2:30 pm. Dates/times are subject to change.