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Ethical Review What are the icons in the table header for? Project Start Date: The study should not start until ethical approval has been given and you should take this into account when choosing a start date for your project. Project End Date: Please provide the date when you plan to submit the finished project, not the date that you submitted the application for ethical approval. Approval will be granted for a specific length of time, but if the project is not completed by this point an extension to approval should be sought (this does not necessitate the re-submission of a full application and can normally be done by Chair’s action, unless there are substantial changes to the research design). External Funding in Place: Has funding already been approved for your project? If so please tick this box. External Collaborators: Will your project involve collaborators from outside the University of Sussex? If you tick this box, please ensure you mention in the following Project Description section, who the outside collaborators are, and what role they will have in the project. Funder/Project Title: If you have applied for funding, you should be able to select the funder and project title from a drop down list. Name of Funder: If you have applied for funding but the name of funder is not provided in the Funder/Project Title drop down list, please add the funder name in this box. Project Description: The project description should be a clear, easy to read summary that is as jargon free as possible. It provides an overview of the whole of your research study that readers can understand the first time they read it. Please see INVOLVE (http://www.invo.org.uk/) for further guidance on how to achieve this. Please ensure that you clearly outline the parts of your research design which involve human participants. This should include a description of what you will be asking participants to do as part of your project and your methods for gathering information / data (e.g. interviews, focus groups, etc.) Copy: This function allows you to make a copy of a previously submitted ethics application form. It can be used for the following: to apply for an extension of the ethics approval for a project; to submit a substantial amendment due to a change in research method; to include additional research activity which requires ethical approval; to submit a new project for ethical review that has similar content to a previously submitted application. General guidance about ethical review processes can be found at http://www.sussex.ac.uk/staff/research/governance
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Ethical Review

What are the icons in the table header for?

Project Start Date: The study should not start until ethical approval has been given and you should take this into account when choosing a start date for your project.

Project End Date: Please provide the date when you plan to submit the finished project, not the date that you submitted the application for ethical approval. Approval will be granted for a specific length of time, but if the project is not completed by this point an extension to approval should be sought (this does not necessitate the re-submission of a full application and can normally be done by Chair’s action, unless there are substantial changes to the research design).

External Funding in Place:

Has funding already been approved for your project? If so please tick this box.

External Collaborators:

Will your project involve collaborators from outside the University of Sussex?

If you tick this box, please ensure you mention in the following Project Description section, who the outside collaborators are, and what role they will have in the project.

Funder/Project Title:

If you have applied for funding, you should be able to select the funder and project title from a drop down list.

Name of Funder:

If you have applied for funding but the name of funder is not provided in the Funder/Project Title drop down list, please add the funder name in this box.

Project Description:

The project description should be a clear, easy to read summary that is as jargon free as possible. It provides an overview of the whole of your research study that readers can understand the first time they read it. Please see INVOLVE (http://www.invo.org.uk/) for further guidance on how to achieve this. Please ensure that you clearly outline the parts of your research design which involve human participants. This should include a description of what you will be asking participants to do as part of your project and your methods for gathering information / data (e.g. interviews, focus groups, etc.)

Copy:

This function allows you to make a copy of a previously submitted ethics application form. It can be used for the following:

to apply for an extension of the ethics approval for a project;
to submit a substantial amendment due to a change in research method;
to include additional research activity which requires ethical approval;
to submit a new project for ethical review that has similar content to a previously submitted application.

General guidance about ethical review processes can be found at http://www.sussex.ac.uk/staff/research/governance