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category: U.S. Government
created: 2025-07-23
description: A Human Use Review Board is a committee responsible for reviewing and
  approving research involving human subjects to ensure ethical standards and participant
  safety.
summary: A Human Use Review Board (also known as an Institutional Review Board or
  IRB) is a committee responsible for reviewing and approving research involving human
  subjects to ensure ethical standards and participant safety.
tags:
- concept
- ethics
- research
title: Human Use Review Board
updated: 2025-07-23
---

A [Human Use Review Board](/organizations/human-use-review-board/) (also known as an Institutional Review Board or IRB) is a committee responsible for reviewing and approving research involving human subjects to ensure ethical standards and participant safety. These boards are a direct consequence of past abuses in human experimentation, such as those seen in [Project MKUltra](/programs/project-mkultra/) and Nazi medical experiments.[^1]

In the context of the [Stargate Project](/programs/stargate-project/), the remote viewing program was categorized as [Human Use Experimentation](/concepts/human-use-experimentation/), requiring the establishment of a Human Use Review Board within the [U.S. Army](/organizations/us-army/) to oversee its activities. This ensured that participants provided informed consent and that the research adhered to ethical guidelines.[^1]

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[^1]: Jacobsen, Annie. *Phenomena: The Secret History of the U.S. Government's Investigations into Extrasensory Perception and Psychokinesis*. Little, Brown and Company, 2017.