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Ethical Review Panel

How to apply to a Keele University Ethical Review Panel (ERP)

Please submit the following documentation (in electronic and hard copy format) to Michele Dawson, ERP Administrator, Research & Enterprise Services, Dorothy Hodgkin Building, e-mail m.dawson@uso.keele.ac.uk

• Completed and signed ERP Application Form . Please allow five working days for colleagues to review and sign applications
• A summarised project proposal (no more than two sides of A4)

And if they are applicable

• A letter of invitation for participants;
• An information sheet which should include the following sections;
  • why the participant has been chosen;
  • what will happen to participants if they take part;
  • a discussion of the possible disadvantages, risks and benefits of taking part;
  • the procedures for ensuring confidentiality and anonymity;
  • the proposed use of the research findings;
  • contact details of the principal investigator plus details of additional support agencies (if necessary);
• A copy of the participant consent form:
• Copies of any questionnaire, interview schedules or topic guides.

This list of documents reflects the fact that the role of the ERP is to assess whether the proposed application of research methods is ethically acceptable.  Projects should only be submitted to an ERP when drafts of the above documents are available.  Submission will also normally only take place after some form of peer (or supervisory) review of academic/scientific quality has taken within the Research Institute (or equivalent).

Once received and validated, applications will be reviewed at the next available ethical review panel meeting.  A list of ERP meeting dates and deadline dates for submission of applications is detailed below.

For research that is undertaken overseas the ERP may request a site specific assessment to be undertaken by a relevant local organisation with respect to locality issues that the ERP may not be aware of.

Amendments

Details of amendments to projects after a favourable ethical opinion has been given must be submitted to the Ethical Review Panel for approval using the Application to amend study form .  This form must be submitted to Michele Dawson e-mail m.dawson@uso.keele.ac.uk

Participant information sheet and consent forms

Templates for participant information sheets and consent forms can be accessed via the following link Ethics Information Sheet and Consent Form

 Meeting Dates & Deadlines for ERP 2013

Further information
If you have any queries or would like further guidance in completing your ERP application please contact Nicola Leighton on 01782 733306, e-mail n.leighton@keele.ac.uk or Hannah Reidy on 01782 733588, e-mail h.reidy@keele.ac.uk 

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