Research Ethics forms
Instructions for completing research ethics application forms
- All questions on the application form must be completed.
- Incomplete forms will be deemed invalid and will not be reviewed by the REC.
- NB from 1. August 2024 only research ethics application form version 8.7.2024 will be accepted for review by the REC SUH.
- All submissions / correspondence must be directed to the REC Administrator at office@ref-sligo.ie.
Internal and external researchers who want to conduct research within the HSE service please refer for detailed information on consent in Health and Social Care Research, HSE policy document:
2023-HSE-National-Policy-for-Consent-in-Health-and-Social-Care-Research-compressed-v1.1
- 2024 REC SUH Local Committee Checklist
- 2024 REC SUH Principal Investigator Declaration and Signatory Page
- REC SUH Standard Application Form, version 8.7.2024
- Substantial Change to Application Form, version 8.7.2024
- Frequently made mistakes, version 26.6.23
- Guidance Manual Instructions 5.6 (adapted 31 August 2018, copyright RCSI & Beaumont Hospital)
- Participation Information Leaflet (PIL) template, version 31-August-2018
- Consent Form Template, version 31-August-2018
- Consent Form Template, Retention of Tissue, version 31-August-2018
- 2024 REC SUH Template for Annual Status Report Form
- 2024 REC SUH Template for Study Termination Form
- 2024 REC SUH Template for Amendment Notification Form