Projects already approved by another organisation
If you have received a favourable ethical opinion from an ethics review body external to the University of Essex (e.g. another university’s ethics committee, an NHS Ethics Committee, the MODREC), you need to register the external approval with the University of Essex.
If you are listed on the application for ethical approval, and/or named in the confirmation of ethical approval or favourable ethical opinion, you must:
- create a new application in ERAMS selecting the option “Register a favourable opinion from an external review”
- attach evidence of approval (a copy of the approved ethical application and all supporting documentation including the approval letter from the other organisation)
The REO Research Governance Team will determine if the other organisation has reviewed and approved the application to an equivalent standard as the University of Essex. Ethics review by other UK universities, NHS REC, MODREC and Social Care REC will normally meet the standard set by the University. If the standard is not met, the researcher will have to submit a full ethics application through the normal process.
Please seek advice from the REO Research Governance Team if you have any queries.
