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5 steps for submitting an application

1. Prepare your application by reading the following:

• Who needs to complete an application form

• Top 10 problems that can delay your ethics application

• Training requirements and Guidelines, policies and resources

2. Review the requirements for:

• multi-jurisdictional research and research ethics review
• coordinated ethics review with the À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ Wellington Research Ethics Board (WWREB), representing Grand River, St. Mary's, or Cambridge Memorial Hospitals
• conducting research in À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ region schools

3. Sign-in to complete the online application form

4. Create your recruitment, information-consent, and feedback materials and upload these with your application

• Review and use our samples and other supporting materials

5.  Complete any relevant supporting documentation and upload these with your application

• Are you using equipment to collect physiological data? A standard operating procedure (SOP) may be needed.
• Have you created your own equipment or device, or modified a commercially produced device? A safety risk assessment review form will need to be completed and submitted to the Safety Office. This is a fillable PDF form.
• Are you performing a ? A delegation form for a medical directive and an SOP will be needed.
• Are you creating a bio-bank or bio-repository? A SOP will be needed.
• Is the research greater than minimal risk and there has been no scholarly review? A certificate of scientific merit review (PDF) may be needed.