Human Research Protection Program (HRPP)

North Carolina Central University (NCCU) is dedicated to upholding the highest ethical standards in research through its Human Research Protection Program (HRPP). An important aspect of NCCU's HRPP is providing educational support to faculty, staff, and students interested in and/or engaged in human research. The program ensures that all human participants involved in research are protected — their rights respected, and their welfare prioritized.

NCCU's HRPP adheres to applicable federal and state regulations, as well as institutional policies and procedures developed in accordance with the Belmont Report. An integral component of NCCU's HRPP, ensuring compliance to regulations and institutional rules, is the university's Institutional Review Board (IRB). This commitment to ethical oversight ensures that research conducted at NCCU is both scientifically rigorous and ethically sound, fostering trust and integrity in the university's research endeavors while safeguarding the well-being of participants.

NCCU's human research protection program (HRPP) ensures that all human participants involved in research are protected, their rights respected, and their welfare prioritized. NCCU's HRPP adheres to applicable federal and state regulations and institutional policies and procedures developed in accordance with the Belmont Report.

An integral component of NCCU's HRPP, ensuring compliance to regulations and institutional rules, is the university's Institutional Review Board (IRB). This commitment to ethical oversight ensures that research conducted at NCCU is both scientifically rigorous and ethically sound, fostering trust and integrity in the university's research endeavors while safeguarding the well-being of participants.

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Compliance Form

If you have any questions about your rights as a research participant or if you have complaints or concerns about a study, you may fill out this form below.

Research Compliance Form

Belmont Report

The Belmont Report summarizes ethical principles and guidelines for human subject research.

1. Respect for persons requires that potential research participants have the freedom to make voluntary decisions regarding whether or not to participate in research without coercion, undue influence, or exploitation; and those with diminished autonomy are entitled to special protections when participating in research.
2. Beneficence requires that the proposed research must have a favorable risk/benefit ratio, be designed to maximize benefits and minimize harms, and have scientific merit, thus requiring an assessment of, among other things, study design, inclusion/exclusion criteria, methodology, and informed consent to ensure that diverse population groups are included in the overall study design as appropriate.
3. Justice requires the equitable selection of research participants in research so that the benefits and burdens are shared equitably and population groups are not excluded and/or exploited in research.