IBC Meeting Dates

IBC Meeting Dates & Submission Deadlines

• The Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) meets regularly (usually monthly). Holidays may require meetings to be rescheduled and/or combined.
• The submission deadline is always 2 weeks prior to the meeting (unless specifically noted).
• Protocols submitted after the submission deadline will be held for the next IBC meeting.

Meeting Times: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Location: Via Zoom, unless stated otherwise

IBC protocols are required by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to be approved at convened meetings. All meetings are open to the public and archived minutes are available upon request.

For questions regarding IBC meetings, GW iRIS, or the submission and review process please contact the Office of Research Safety: 202-994-2407, or by email at labsafetygwu [dot] edu (labsafety[at]gwu[dot]edu).

IBC Meeting Minutes

Effective June 1, 2025, the NIH is updating and reinforcing its transparency expectations for IBCs under the NIH Guidelines. The changes aim to strengthen biosafety transparency and public trust in the biomedical research. They include:

• NIH Office of Science Policy (OSP) will publicly post the rosters of all active IBCs registered with OSP. They will list each member by name and role, and include contact information for the IBC Chair, Biological Safety Officer, and general IBC contact.
• Institutions are expected to post approved minutes from IBC meetings that occur on or after June 1, 2025, on a publicly accessible website.
  • Minutes should be posted immediately after approval, with appropriate and allowable redactions.
  • Minutes from meetings before June 1, 2025 do not need to be posted but must still be provided upon request. Institutions may voluntarily post these earlier minutes for added transparency.

Minutes of meetings that occur on or after June 1, 2025 will be posted here immediately after approval.