Institutional Biosafety Committee Meeting Schedule

2025 Tentative Meeting Dates

(Meetings often occur the second Tuesday of each month, 2-5:00 p.m.)

If a submission needs to be reviewed at an Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) meeting, the completed submission (protocol or amendment) must be submitted on or before the listed deadline.

* This meeting will fall on the third Tuesday.
** This meeting will be held only on Zoom. There will be no in-person location set.

The IBC meets in-person, but also has a Zoom attendance option. To attend the meeting via Zoom, contact the IBC Administrator (ibc@vt.edu) for the Zoom information.

In-person committee meetings are held at:

North End Center Building, Virginia Tech
300 Turner Street NW
Suite 4407
Blacksburg, VA 24061

Parking is available in the connected garage. The garage can be accessed with a F/S parking permit, or individuals can pay an hourly rate to park in the garage. Virginia Tech employees and students cannot use a chaser ticket to exit the garage.

Individuals with a disability that desire an accommodation should contact the IBC program director at 540-231-1910 or ibc@vt.edu during regular business hours at least 10 business days prior to the meeting.

Note: meeting dates and/or location may change as necessary. Contact the IBC program director (ibc@vt.edu, 231-1910) to confirm the date and location of a meeting.

In accordance with the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) “Implementation Update: Promoting Maximal Transparency Under the NIH Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant or Synthetic Nucleic Acid Molecules” for Virginia Tech IBC meetings taking place on or after Jun. 1, 2025, the IBC will post approved meeting minutes. When posted, those minutes can be accessed here. IBC meeting minutes will be posted immediately after all approvals are finalized.