Institutional Biosafety Committee
University research involving recombinant DNA must comply with National Institutes of Health (NIH) Guidelines or risk suspension, limitation, or termination of financial assistance for noncompliant NIH projects or all NIH funding for recombinant DNA research projects (NIH Guidelines Section I-D). Visit the NIH Office of Biotechnology Activities 
for more information on these guidelines.
The Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) was created in accordance with NIH Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant DNA Molecules. Additional areas of oversight include federal requirements regulated by the NIH Office of Biotechnology Activities (OBA), the CDC/USDA Select Agent Program , and Hawaiʻi state requirements that include Hawaiʻi Department of Agriculture importation regulations.
The IBC is comprised of university faculty and staff and representatives from the community. The committee is responsible for reviewing all research and instructional-use activities involving recombinant DNA activity, infectious agents, and toxins. All members are appointed by the vice president for research and serve a three-year term.
Announcements
Posted on August 11, 2010:
When submitting an IBC Registration Form and/or IBC approval documentation, please note that any other versions of the forms are no longer accepted. Only the current IBC Chair, Vice Chair or Designated Institutional Official may authorize documents, and authorization must be on official Institutional Biosafety Committee letterhead. All protocols expire 3 years from the original protocol approval date and the expiration date is not extended with any amendments.
*Note: The IBC does not meet during the months of July and December of each year.
UH IBC WORKING POLICY
On March 31, 2010 the IBC approved the Interim working document "University of Hawaii Operating Rules and Procedures of the Institutional Biosafety Committee".
Working UH IBC Policy (PDF)
IBC 101
View a video about Dual Use Research Here.
UH BIOSAFETY TRAINING
Biosafety Training is now available online. Log in with your UH username and password. Staff, students or guests at the University who do not have a hawaii.edu username can obtain a username and password here. To gain temporary guest access to the training program without a hawaii.edu username use the online Contact Form. Please provide the PI's name in your message.
To login: https://laulima.hawaii.edu/autoenroll/?uh_biosafety