Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC)

Meetings for Fiscal Year 24 are scheduled for the FIRST WEDNESDAY of each month at 9:00 AM (January excluded)

It is essential to submit protocols by the deadline in order to give all members of the committee adequate time to do thorough evaluations of each protocol. Submit completed applications electronically on SciShield.

For assistance please contact the IBC office at  (210) 458-5807. For details of meeting locations, please contact mohammadsr.khan@utsa.edu.

1. Submit completed UTSA IBC protocol application form(s) electronically on SciShield
2. Application is placed on the Agenda for the next meeting and distributed to IBC for Full Committee Review.
3. Chair and Biological Safety Officer pre-review application and present for discussion by committee at regular meeting on 1st Wednesday of each month.
4. Possible outcomes of the IBC review are reflected in the Score assigned to the application:
   1. Approved (PI will get the approval email from SciShield, PI will get the written approved letter upon request)
   2. Tabled Pending Modifications and Re-review by Chairman
   3. Tabled Pending Modifications and Re-review by IBC at next convened meeting
   4. Declined (Disapproved)
5. Decision Notification. With a Score of 2, 3 or 4, the protocol application is returned to PI with written notification of the concerns of the committee through SciShield.
6. The time required for subsequent actions/approval is heavily dependent upon the actions taken by the PI. A Score of “2” means that the revised application needs only to be re-reviewed by the Chairman (and any other IBC member who either specifically requests to be involved in the re-review or is asked by the Chairman to participate). That re-review can be done as soon the PI revises the application in light of the Decision Notification. If an application receives a Score of “3”, there are more substantive concerns with it, and the committee has voted to have the revision re-reviewed by the Full Committee at the meeting for which the submission of the revision meets the submission deadline. Clearly, the PI has a larger role in determining how long it takes to get his/her application approved.
7. Contact the IBC office at ibc@utsa.edu,  (210) 458-5807 for further information.