2025 Holiday Schedule

The Human Research Protection division will be closed for Thanksgiving on November 27 and 28, 2025. HRP will also be closed for Winter Break from December 24, 2025, until January 2, 2026. The remaining 2025 IRB meetings are listed:

Committee A: Tuesday, November 4
Committee D: Thursday, November 6
Committee B: Tuesday, November 11
Committee G: Wednesday, November 19
Committee H: Thursday, November 20
Committee C: Tuesday, November 25

Committee A: Tuesday, December 2
Committee D: Thursday, December 4
Committee B: Tuesday, December 9
Committee G: Wednesday, December 17
Committee H: Thursday, December 18
Committee C: Tuesday, December 23

December 23, 2025 is the last full board meeting of the year. The agendas for the January 6, and January 8, 2026 committee meetings will be sent out no later than December 22, 2025.

If your study is due for continuing review (full board or expedited) between December 24, 2025 and January 9, 2026, it is imperative that you submit prior to November 21, 2025 to ensure that there is no lapse in approval.

Please email askirb@pitt.edu with questions