PROJECTS ALREADY APPROVED BY ANOTHER HUMAN RESEARCH ETHICS COMMITTEE (HREC)

If your project has already been approved by another Human Research Ethics Committee, then you do not need to complete a new application.

If you wish to have a project that has already been approved by another HREC, then you are required to submit:

  1. An application for Approval of a Project Previously Approved by Another Human Research Ethics Committee (Form 3)
  2. The original application
  3. The approval letter from the approving HREC
  4. Any documentation which will require revision for use at CSU. For example plain language Information Sheets and Consent Forms providing CSU contacts and procedures.

You are also required to submit any documentation relating to modifications to the project that have been approved by the original HREC

CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY (CSU) HUMAN RESEARCH ETHICS COMMITTEE

APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL OF A PROJECT PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BY ANOTHER HUMAN RESEARCH ETHICS COMMITTEE

PROJECT TITLE

Section 1 Researchers

Chief Investigator(s) / School or Research Centre / Qualifications / Phone
Name: (Title given name family name)
Co-Investigator(s)/Assistants(s) / School or Research Centre / Qualifications / Phone
Name: (Title given name family name)
*Student ID No / *Student Subject Code / *Course Name (Honours Masters PhD etc)
Supervisor(s)* / School / Research Centre / External Organisation / Qualifications / Phone
Name: (Title given name family name)
Name: (Title given name family name)
Address to whichcorrespondence should be forwarded
Email address
Proposed Dates of Data Collection / From: / To:
Proposed Duration of the whole research project / From: / To:
Name of Approving Organisation
Contact Name Phone/Email for approving HREC

*If student researcher please complete

SECTION 2 - Research Proposal

2. RESEARCH PROPOSAL
2.1Description of Charles Sturt University involvement in the project
Outline the extent of the Charles Sturt University involvement in the project. This should include the role to be undertaken by the Charles Sturt University researchers, the relative proportion of the work to be undertaken at Charles Sturt University, and the elements of the human research protocol which will be undertaken at Charles Sturt University.

Section 3 - Declaration

6.1DECLARATION; I have attached the following documents: / Yes / No
  • A copy of the HREC application submitted to the original institution. Make sure that this is a copy of a signed original

  • A signed copy of the notification of HREC approval from the original institution.

  • Any documentation which will require revision for use at CSU, eg Plain Language Statements and Consent Forms giving CSU contacts and procedures.

6.2I/We, the undersigned declare that the information supplied in this application (including the attached original application) is true and accurate to the best of my/our knowledge.
6.3We, the undersigned, have read the National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Research Involving Humans (issued by the National Health and Medical Research Council)* and the Charles Sturt University Code of Conduct for Research (contained in the University’s Academic and Administrative Manuals) and accept responsibility for the conduct of this research in respect of the National State Statement and any other conditions specified by the University's Human Research Ethics Committee.
  • The National Statement can be found at
Note; All Chief Investigators, Co-investigators and Supervisors are required to sign this declaration.
Name / Role (eg. Chief Investigator, Co-Investigator or Supervisor) / Signature / Date
NOTE – IF AN ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE/S IS NOT INCLUDED SIGNATURE TO BE FAXED OR MAILED TO THE HUMAN RESEARCH ETHICS COMMITTEE
FAXED TO(02) 6338 4194
MAILED TOExecutive Officer
Human Research Ethics Committee
Office of Academic Governance
Charles Sturt University
Panorama Avenue
BATHURST NSW 2795
Please CLEARLY INDICATE ON THE FAX COVER SHEET WHICH APPLICATION THIS PAGE RELATES TO.
Name of Research Project: ______
For further information contact or call (02) 6338 4628