The protection for the rights and welfare of research subjects is an accepted service responsibility. The Marine Corps Human Research Protection Program (HRPP) ensures research activities conducted involving people follow the ethical principles for Respect for Persons; Beneficence and are just.
The Marine Corps established an Institutional Review Board (IRB) in order to review research to ensure the protection of the rights and welfare of human research subjects. The IRB has jurisdiction over all research involving human subjects. The IRB is authorized to review, recommend approval to the Institutional Official, require modifications in, or withhold approval or suspend approval of research involving human subjects. No human subject research in any form (including recruitment, consent, or data collection) can take place without proper review and approval by the Marine Corps IRB and Institutional Official.
Phone Primary: (571)-289-6448
Alternate: (703)-853-6222
Email USMC_HRPP.FCT@usmc.mil
Address 2007 Elliot Road Quantico, VA 22134
All persons engaged in the conduct, review, and approval of human subject research is required to complete ethics training.
A person is engaged in research if he/she interacts/intervenes with human subjects or will have access to identifiable data. The training is valid for three years. A copy of the training completion report is required to be submitted with the IRB application package.
The training is offered online through CITI and is expected to take four hours to complete. Training is valid for three years.
Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) Registration Instructions
The instructions to register are:
Go to the link above and click Select Your Organization Affiliation
Type "Department of the Navy" in the dialog box and then agree to the terms of service, privacy policy, affirm your affiliation, and then click Create a CITI Program Account
Enter your personal information and Continue to Step 3
Create your user name and password and Continue to Step 4
Enter the appropriate selections and Finalize Registration
Enter the required information for Institutional Email, department, role, office phone, and Command. Under the Your Command drop-down menu, choose the appropriate command. Some commands do not have Marine Corps in front of them (Training and Education Command).
Select the appropriate box or boxes. Most likely you will only need to select the first box.
Click the box for Social and Behavioral Sciences
Choose the appropriate role (IRB Administrator, Investigators, and Key Research Personnel)
Begin your training!