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Regulatory Approval Processing

MCW Regulatory Research Approval Processing Stats

Approximate timelines and volume for select units in the Office of Research

Grants & Contracts Office

Total grants submitted by GCO annually:

	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Federal	774	677	719	701	717	801	829	846	970	1091
Non-Federal	362	368	386	361	334	359	543	606	653	750
Internal	182	229	281	276	246	338	272	187*	242	255
TOTAL	1318	1274	1386	1338	1297	1498	1644	1639	1865	2096

*Internal grant process flow was streamlined in 2019 to bypass GCO review.

Institutional Review Board

IRB review and approval volumes by calendar year:

	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
IRB Studies Approved	759	840	753	852	743
Full	151	177	177	148	144
Expedited	238	202	100	122	98
Exempt	55	74	79	129	87
Flex/Registered	202	279	268	345	250
Other (NHSR, NCI-CIRB, QI, Case Report)	113	108	129	70	101

Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee

See chart below for the median number of days (contiguous calendar days not business days) from ‘Submit’ to ‘Approved’ for calendar year 2021 for animal submission processing. For complete details and explanations, view the Full Report (PDF).

AUA Type	Designated Review	Full Committee Review
New & 3 Year Renewals	27.0	43.0
Amendment - experimental changes only	15.0	31.0
Amendment - administratively processed	2.0	N/A