Proportionate Review toolkit
We’ve published a decision toolkit to help you determine if a research application is eligible for proportionate review by a Research Ethics Committee (REC).
Proportionate review (PR) is a lighter touch review process for research proposals that raise no material ethics issues, but currently many applications submitted for PR do not meet the criteria and have to be transferred for full REC review. This causes delays to the ethics review for applicants.
We want to make it as easy as possible for you to choose the right review for your research study. Before you submit your application, we recommend you use the toolkit. It takes no more than five minutes to complete and it will tell you if you should submit your study for proportionate review, or if it needs to be considered at a full REC meeting.
For those already familiar with the Student Research Toolkit, the PR toolkit contains the same PR questions, but is a standalone resource for all applicants. It's available from our Applying to a Research Ethics Committee webpage.
Updated REC Standard Operating Procedures - Version 7.6
We've also published an updated version of the Standard Operating Procedures for RECs. The Summary of Changes document highlights all the updates from the previous version (version 7.5.1) to the new version 7.6. You can find these documents along with other useful information, on our dedicated webpage.
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