MSU HRPP Manual Section 2-2-C-ii

National Institute of Justice Funded Research

All research conducted at the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) or supported with NIJ funds (NIJ employees, contractors, award recipients) must comply with all U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs, and NIJ regulations and policies concerning the protection of human subjects and the DOJ confidentiality requirements.

Privacy Certificate

The Privacy Certificate must be approved by the NIJ human subjects protection officer.

Human Subjects Protection Form

The NIJ strongly encourages the use of the form “Protection of Human Subjects Assurance Identification / IRB Certification / Declaration of Exemption.” The NIJ strongly encourages researchers to submit human subjects protection documentation at the same time the grant application is submitted.

Timing

IRB review and submission may occur after an award is received but no funds will be released for research activities involving the human subjects’ component of the study until NIJ's human subjects protection officer receives the required documentation and the special conditions placed on the award to protect human subjects are removed. Failure to provide this information in a timely manner may cause significant delay in the start-up of a funded research award.

National Archive of Criminal Justice Data

Many recipients of NIJ research funding must submit data resulting from their grant projects to NIJ for archiving with the National Archive of Criminal Justice Data (NACJD) as a condition of the grant award. Data deposits may include the data submission checklist,  data archiving plan (updated for project completion), IRB approval, informed consent, Privacy Certificate, data (de-identified), documentation, syntax, bibliographies, and inventory of files.

This policy and procedure supersedes those previously drafted.

Approved By: Vice President of Research and Graduate Studies, 12-11-2015. Revision 1 approved by Assistant VP Regulatory Affairs on 11-27-2021. Revision 2 approved by Associate VP Research Regulatory Support on 11-17-2025.

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