**Someone who has actually gone through this process should look over and expand on this article**

Human subjects approval can have around an 8-week turnaround so start early!  The approval usually doesn't need to be granted by the time a fellowship/grant is applied for but would need to be granted by the time the fellowship/grant was accepted/granted.

The Office of Human Subjects has a website: cphs.berkeley.edu  

The process for submission is a little different depending on whether the proposal is exempt or non-exempt; this relates to paper or electronic submission.

Also, the proposal would go to SPO before it went to Human Subjects.