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Submission Process

New Protocols

Submit the following materials with a new protocol:

ESCRO Application, available on the Forms Page
Research Plan
If human subjects or identifiable human material:
- IRB approval
- consent form(s) that include all the ESCRO-required items (or an explanation for any that are missing)
- any other materials used in the course of the study, e.g., recruiting materials, letters to subjects, protocol forms

Submission Deadlines

Due Dates

Materials submitted for consideration at an ESCRO meeting must be submitted by the due dates noted below. When submitting protocol renewals, please be sure to check the expiration date. A protocol renewal must be submitted for review prior to the expiration month, regardless of the date of the next meeting. All meetings are scheduled for 8-10 AM in Smith Center 869, unless otherwise indicated. For new protocols, researchers should ensure that a representative of the lab is available to present and/or...

September ESCRO Committee Meeting

8:00am to 10:00am

2018 Sep 04

September ESCRO Committee Meeting

8:00am to 10:00am

Location:

Smith Center, Room 869

Registry

Harvard University Embryonic Stem Cells

The following lines have been registered with the Harvard University ESCRO. Harvard investigators who wish to use any of the lines listed below do not need to re-register them with the ESCRO; however, they do need to obtain ESCRO protocol approval for the specific use of the line(s). Work may not commence until the ESCRO has approved the stem cell use protocol.

As lines are sometimes in the...

Protocols

Introduction

Applications are reviewed by the ESCRO Committee on an on-going basis. For applications requiring full-committee review, the Committee meets four times per year. For more information on the submission process, please review the Submission Process Page. For information on deadlines, please review the Submission Deadlines Page.

Policies

The Harvard ESCRO Committee's policies are based on the National Academies of Sciences ("NAS") Guidelines for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research and the International Society for Stem Cell Research ("ISSCR") Guidelines for the Conduct of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research and are consistent with Massachusetts law 111L.