The purpose of this Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) policy is to define the procedure for a Principal Investigator to request reconsideration of an IBC decision on IBC biological protocol assessment, IBC Dual Use Research of Concern (DURC) analysis, and IBC DURC reports.
This policy applies to all members of the UW–Madison Principal Investigators (PI), and UW–Madison employees and staff, UW–Madison IBC, UW–Madison Office of Biological Safety (OBS), along with applicable employees and staff of Morgridge Institute for Research (MIR) and WiCell.
Principal Investigators may submit a request for reconsideration of an IBC decision based on the existence of relevant new information not previously provided to the IBC. PIs may submit such requests regarding biological safety protocol reviews, DURC analyses, and/or DURC reports. Upon receipt of any such request, the IBC will prepare a response that must be approved by a vote of the IBC, and forward the IBC response to the PI. The PI may request or be requested to attend an IBC meeting in order to discuss the matter. Per regulatory and policy requirements, the IBC’s decision on the request for reconsideration will be final.
