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A candidate and his or her Dissertation Chair may be asked to meet with
the committee.

Using the feedback from SPRC and in consultation with the doctoral /thesis
advisory committee, the candidate should revise his or her proposal and
then resubmit the proposal to the SPRC Chair.

The revised proposal will be resubmitted to the original reviewers for their
review and evaluation. By this process, approval may be finally obtained.
Even if the SPRC has accepted a proposal on the first attempt, the SPRC

will provide feedback. A candidate may want to incorporate this feedback to
make revisions in the proposal. When a final revision of the proposal has
been completed, the candidate should submit the final copy to the dean of
Graduate School. If no revision is necessary, the original version of the
proposal is the final version.

E. The Institutional Review Board (IRB)
The Bowie State University Institutional Review Board (IRB) must approve all
research involving primary (human subject) secondary data. To ensure the
protection of human subjects and to comply with federal law,

✦ Bowie State University requires IRB review and approval of all research
projects involving human subjects or human materials before initiation
to ensure the protection of human subjects and to comply with federal
law

✦ This policy applies to all biomedical and behavioral research involving
human subjects or human materials conducted by faculty, staff, and
students of Bowie State University.

✦ If the research program or study is a part of an application to a
sponsoring agency, the human protocol must be submitted for review
before or when the Dean of Graduate School approves the proposal.

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