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- Students (under the supervision of a faculty member) can complete a class project or pilot study on their dissertation topic BEFORE their proposal is approved.
- Students can never begin any research, even recruitment, before receiving IRB approval for which the faculty sponsor/Principal Investigator (PI) must sign.
IRB Getting Started & Creating New Study Submission: https://research.utexas.edu/ors/human-subjects/submitting-to-irb/getting-started-and-creating-new-study-submission/
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