This page contains documents needed for the proposal defense and for the IRB application. As a reminder, even after a successful proposal defense, no research can begin until after approval from the IRB committee has been received.
Request for Dissertation Committee Form
Dissertation Proposal Approval Form (This form should be submitted to the GWU College of Education after a successful proposal defense)
Candidates may download the IRB Application to Conduct Research form, as well as their unexpired CITI certificate from the Gardner-Webb IRB site link:
CITI Certification Information can be found on the IRB page.