The Department of Energy (DOE) is committed to the protection of human research participants in all research funded by DOE, conducted at DOE institutions, or performed by DOE employees or their contractors. DOE adheres to the ethical principles of the Nuremburg Code and the Belmont Report, and complies with Federal and DOE-specific requirements for the conduct of research using human subjects, as well as with any additional requirements imposed by outside sponsors of some of this research.
This website is meant to be a helpful resource for researchers, institutional review board members (IRB), research subjects, IRB administrators/managers, institutional officials.
Note: Though this website is housed on the Office of Science (SC) website, the information is applicable DOE-wide and has been developed in coordination with National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA).
