Institutional Biosafety Committee

IBC MEETING SCHEDULE - 2026

Registrations, applications, amendments and annual update forms are processed as received. Applications requiring Full Committee Review must be submitted by 5 pm of the 2nd Monday of the month for the next month's meeting held on the 2nd Wednesday of the month.

Submission Deadline 

For Meeting On
September 14, 2026 October 14, 2026
October 12, 2026 November 11, 2026
November 9, 2026 December 9, 2026
December 14, 2026 January 13, 2027
January 11, 2027 February 10, 2027
February 8, 2027 March 10, 2027
March 8, 2027 April 14, 2027
April 12, 2027 May 12, 2027
May 10, 2027 June 9, 2027
June 14, 2027 July 14, 2027
July 12, 2027 August 11, 2027
August 9, 2027 September 8, 2027
September 13, 2027 October 13, 2027
October 11, 2027 November 10, 2027
November 8, 2027 December 8, 2027

Meeting Minutes     

NIH Transparency Update for IBC Meeting Minutes

On March 28, 2025, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) issued a memorandum titled “Implementation Update: Promoting Maximal Transparency Under the NIH Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant or Synthetic Nucleic Acid Molecules.”

In accordance with this update, NIH now requires that Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) meeting minutes from all meetings occurring on or after June 1, 2025, be made publicly available on the institution’s website immediately following IBC approval and after all necessary and allowable redactions have been completed.

LSU Health Sciences Center – New Orleans will begin posting approved IBC meeting minutes on this webpage in compliance with NIH expectations. Meeting minutes from sessions held prior to June 1, 2025, will not be posted online, but remain available to the public upon request, as permitted under NIH policy.