HRPP – New Team Members
Please join us in welcoming our three new team members to the HRPP! We feel very fortunate to have recruited such wonderful talent and are delighted to have them join our VCU community. They all started together on May 4th — a great day for our program. Our two new IRB Generalists will be trained […]
HRPP Toolkit Update
The HRPP has updated the following toolkit documents. Please start using these updated templates. A summary of these changes can be found below. In addition, the following existing documents have now been added to the VIRBs Library: All the above documents have been posted to the VIRBs Library, and will be posted on our website […]
HRPP UPDATE: Research Participant Payments and Tax Reporting Requirement
(Effective January 1, 2026) The IRS reporting threshold for research participant payments has increased from $600 to $2,000 per calendar year effective January 1, 2026. Payments to VCU research participants totaling $2,000 or more will be reported via Form 1099 (Miscellaneous Income), and all research payments remain taxable income. At VCU, studies that include total […]