So far the people being funded look like they all have jobs at universities in the U.S., in which case, wouldn't the normal IRB process cover these concerns? Ty

So far the people being funded look like they all have jobs at universities in the U.S., in which case, wouldn't the normal IRB process cover these concerns? Typically IRB oversight applies regardless of funding source; even unfunded research has to be IRB-vetted, so I would assume a researcher receiving Microryza funds would also need to ask their IRB to approve the project before it got to the stage of human or animal subjects. Would be different if they funded independent research organizations which don't already have internal ethics processes in place, but it seems so far they aren't.