The Human Subjects Research Office (HSRO) and the Institutional Review Board (IRB) at RIT exist to protect the rights, safety, and welfare of the people who take part in research. The focus of an IRB is to make sure that the risks posed to research participants are justified by the potential benefits.
The IRB at RIT consists of two Branches: the NTID IRB which reviews research activities focused on deaf and heard of hearing subject populations, and the RIT IRB which reviews general research activities from the other colleges of RIT.
Both IRBs meet independently according to a monthly schedule and are held accountable to the RIT Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects in Research and the Federal Guidelines pertaining to research with human subjects.