Beginning on October 1, 2000 , the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will require education on the protection of human research participants for all investigators submitting NIH applications for grants or proposals for contracts or receiving new or non-competing awards for research involving human subjects. Therefore, on all applications for IRB approval for protocols involving NIH support, key personnel will be asked to detail the education they have completed in the protection of human research subjects. An on-line training module from NIH may be accessed at http://ohsr.od.nih.gov./ . Another useful module developed at the University of Minnesota can be found at http//:www.research.umn.edu/consent/menu_soc.html
