Old copies that you have saved will not contain all the latest information. Once the form is completed, all signatures are obtained and relevant documentation attached, send or bring your application package to the Research Ethics Office for consideration at the next meeting of the HREC . Meetings occur monthly, with the agenda closing two weeks before the meeting. This allows time for printing of meeting papers, distribution to members and allows a courteous amount of reading time for all the applications. There has always been a qualification that investigators should allow four weeks for the approval process.
Some people are concerned that the process is too slow.
In previous years it has been possible for the Chair of the HREC to provide relatively rapid approval for a project. However, now the number of proposals submitted at Murdoch has become far too large for this process to operate. As in other Tertiary Institutions with large numbers of permits, approvals will be processed at monthly meetings . As approval is required before you can start your work involving human participants, please allow sufficient time for completion of the approval process. Should the delay present difficulties for your research, please discuss your case with the Research Ethics Manager.