Research Ethics Committee

This committee meets 9-10 times a year to consider research projects involving healthy human volunteers.

The main objectives of the committee are to:

• maintain ethical standards of practice in research
• protect subjects of research from harm
• preserve the subjects' rights, welfare and dignity
• provide reassurance to the public that the above is being done

For current application forms

Please login and complete the research ethis application forms (SharePoint).

Login and complete the forms (SharePoint)

For studies involving NHS, or HMPS staff, patients, prisoners, young offenders, premises, data, or records

It is important that you first contact the University of Nottingham Research Governance team who co-ordinate research done in collaboration with these bodies by students and staff of the University. Please e-mail sponsor@nottingham.ac.uk giving an outline of what and who your study involves.  They will then be able to advise you on what you need to do.

Committee meeting dates for 2023/2024 sessions are:

Committee meeting	Deadline for application submissions
2023
Friday 18 August	Monday 7 August
Friday 22 September	Monday 11 September
Friday 20 October	Monday 9 October
Friday 17 November	Monday 6 November
Friday 15 December	Monday 4 December
2024
Friday 19 January	Monday 8 January
Friday 23 February	Monday 12 February
Friday 15 March	Monday 4 March
Friday 19 April	Tuesday 8 April
Friday 24 May	Monday 13 May
Friday 21 June	Monday 10 June
Friday 19 July	Monday 8 July

Please submit applications by e-mail or shared folder in Microsoft Office 365 as one collated attachment in word to: fmhs-researchethics@nottingham.ac.uk.