School ofCommunity and Health Sciences Research Ethics Committee

RESEARCH REGISTRATION FORM(Replaces form EC3 for SCHS approvals)

This form must be completed for all research projectsregardless of whether the proposal is going to an NHS, School or other approved research ethics committee. All sections must be completed as indicated; failure to do so will lead to the form being returned to you, and the project remaining unregistered.

Please complete this form and email it toAlison Welton ().

PhD, Master’s and other students must ensure that the form is emailed by their supervisor at CityUniversity,and contains the following statement“I have read & approved [Name of student]’s submission: [name of project]”.

Application date: / / / / / 2 / 0
Short project title:
(80 characters)
Name of Principal Investigator(s)[*]:
Department or Unit:
Name of Student:
(if applicable)
Name of Supervisor:
(For Students Only)
Course:
(For Students Only)
Student number:
(For Students Only)
External organisation(s) involved:(if any)
Funding bodies:(if any)
Planned completion date: / / / / / 2 / 0

A Research Proposal

Full title of research proposal:
Please provide a brief structured lay summary of your proposed research, including: aims, rationale, methodology, and any ethical issues.(<500 words)[PLEASE DO NOT ATTACH YOUR FULL PROJECT PROPOSAL.]

B Research Ethics Approval

After you have received confirmation of initial registration, you will need to prepare a full application and submit it to one approved research ethics committee.

In general, projects involving the participation of patients recruited through the NHS or NHS staff will need to go through the NRES( as will projects involving non-anonymised patient records and patient tissues. The applications can be made through the IRAS portal ( You will also need to register such projects with NHS Trust R&D offices and obtain an honorary NHS contract or research passport.

However, some NHS research ethics committees do not require approval for health services research. If you can submit an email or letter from the appropriate R&D office(s) or NREScommittee confirming that NRES approval is not required, you may instead submit your proposal to a SCHS Ethics Committee or Senate Research Ethics Committee.

Please indicate to which one of the following committees you intend to submit a full research ethics application

(Please check as appropriate)

  1. NRES (NHS research ethics committee)YESNO
  1. Senate Research Ethics Committee[†]YES NO
  1. SCHS Research Ethics Committee[‡]YES NO
  1. Optometry & Visual Science Research Ethics CommitteeYES NO
  1. Another research ethics committee (please give details below)YES NO
  1. This project dose not require ethical approval

Because:

i) It is a service evaluation or audit

ii) It does not involve human subjects or participants

(Pleasecheck as appropriate)

C Research involving staff or Students at City University

Projects which involve the recruitment of School staff or students require approval by the School Research Committee, and the appropriate Deans for undergraduate and postgraduate students. This ensures that the same group of staff/students are not repeatedly contacted to become involved in research projects. Principal investigators should not contact students or staff directly.

If you wish to recruit staff or students into a research project please contact the administrator to the SCCH REC Alison Welton ()in the first instance to discuss obtaining approval.

Does this project involve the recruitment of staff or students at CityUniversity:

1) This project will recruit staffYESNO

2) This project will recruit postgraduate studentsYESNO

3) This project will recruit undergraduate studentsYESNO

(Pleasecheck as appropriate)

[*] Should be a member of academic staff at CityUniversity

[†]A full application on form EC1 will have to be made to Senate REC for research ethical approval

[‡] A full application on form EC1 (SCHS version) will have to be made to SCHS REC for research ethical approval