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 2022/2023 sessions are:

Committee meeting	Deadline for application submissions
2022
Friday 26 August	Monday 15 August
Friday 16 September	Monday 5 September
Friday 14 October	Monday 3 October
Friday 11 November	Monday 31 October
Friday 9 December	Monday 28 November
2023
Friday 20 January	Monday 9 January
Friday 17 February	Monday 6 February
Friday 17 March	Monday 6 March
Friday 21 April	Tuesday 4 April
Friday 19 May	Monday 8 May
Friday 16 June	Monday 5 June
Friday 14 July	Monday 3 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.