All research projects conducted at HealthPartners must be reviewed and approved by the appropriate subcommittee and by the HealthPartners Institutional Review Board or Animal Care and Use Committee.

Each submission contains two main parts - the application and the science and merit section. Submission dates for 2008 are at the bottom of this page.

To begin, read the following instructions:

Application to conduct research: instructions and applications

Science and Merit: instructions and form

Definition of Research: A systematic investigation, including research development, testing and evaluation, designed to develop or contribute to generalizable knowledge

If you are not sure whether your project qualifies as research, please call 651-254-3391.

Choose one of the following links to go to the instructions and application you need for your research:

• Clinical (direct intervention with patient care or an investigation into a specific disease process)
• Health Services (care improvement using data, surveys, interviews, etc.)
• Exemptions
• Animal Studies

Submission Dates for 2008
The research application must be completed in full and submitted by the following dates in order to be
reviewed during the following month: