Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC)

UNH Institutional Biosafety Committee

The UNH Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) has been created to develop policies and procedures to ensure the health and safety of all faculty, staff, students, patients, and visitors at UNH and to ensure all federal, state and local regulations are followed.

Visit the IBC Registration page to register biological work with the Biosafety Committee.

If you would like to attend an Institutional Biosafety Committee meeting, please contact the Office of Environmental Health and Safety at (603) 862-4041 for instructions.

Committee Members

Institutional Biosafety Committee Charter

The UNH Institutional Biosafety Committee meets every other month, on the third Thursday of the month, from 2:10 pm to 3:30 pm via Teams and in Spaulding Hall room 228. Contact the Biosafety and Security Officer Dana Buckley for meeting log in information.

IBC Registrations are completed in Cayuse.  First time Cayuse users should contact the Biosafety Office (Dana Buckley) for more information.

Registration are due at least 2 weeks prior to a scheduled meeting. IBC Committee Meeting dates and Protocol submission due dates for 2023 are as follows:

IBC Meeting Date

Protocols Due By

January 18, 2024

January 4, 2024

March 21, 2024

March 7, 2024

May 16, 2024

May 2, 2024

July 18, 2024

July 5, 2024

September 19, 2024

September 5, 2024

November 21, 2024

November 7, 2024

View Biological Safety Knowledge Base

The Knowledge Base contains forms, instruction and training material, minutes, policies, tools and other resources to support your research efforts by topic area.


IBC agendas and meeting minutes for prior years may be obtained by calling the Biological Safety/Security Officer at (603) 862-0197, or the Office of Environmental Health & Safety at (603) 862-4041.


Contact Information

Dana Buckley, Biological Safety Officer
Phone: (603) 862-0197
Email: dana.buckley@unh.edu