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1. Human, vertebrate animal, or PHBA studies that did not have preapproval
- Need IRB preapproval for human participant studies
- Need SRC or IACUC preapproval for vertebrate animal studies
- Need SRC or IBC preapproval for PHBA studies
2. Prohibited Vertebrate Animal Studies
- Studies done at home/school/field that should have been done at a regulated research institution
- Studies that caused more than momentary pain or suffering or that were designed to kill
- Induced toxicity studies
- Predator/vertebrate prey experiments
- Studies where student performed euthanasia on a vertebrate animal
- Studies with an animal death in any group or subgroup due to the experimental procedures
- Studies where animals have a weight loss greater than or equal to 15%
- Studies where there was an inappropriate restriction of water or food
- Studies treated as embryonic studies that were actually vertebrate studies
3. Prohibited Studies using Potentially Hazardous Biological Agents (PHBA’s)
- Microorganisms were cultured at home
- BSL-2 studies (including opening plates or containers of unknown microorganisms) done in a BSL-1 lab
- Studies using human and other primate estalished cell lines without SRC pre-review and approval
4. Prohibited Human Participant Studies
- Studies where the IRB required written documentation of consents which were not obtained
- Studies where the student used surveys/questionnaires without IRB pre-review and approval
5. Eligibility Problems
- Student worked with a partner or team but competed as an individual, or vice versa
- Project was more than 1 year in length or was too old
- More than three students on a team
6. Scientific Misconduct
- Plagiarism
- Student presented mentor’s research as his/her own
- Falsification of data
7. Other problems that may result in an FTQ
- Continuation study which was merely a repeat of a previous project conducted by the student
- Student removed or added items to the project display which he/she had been previously told to change