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DOCUMENTS REQUIRED FOR REVIEW & APPROVAL

The application must be completed by the PI of the study (not the supervisor or co-supervisor) for the student. The applicant must ensure that the application is successfully submitted by receiving an acknowledgement in their registered email.

The review process may be delayed without the following documents being uploaded:

 SMUREC (Human participants & Minimal Risk)SMUAREC (Live Animals & Animal Material)  Forms are not yet live for submission
Completed cover letter with SMU's latest logo (Available on the templates for download)*Clean copy of Protocol /or SOP for all procedures
Synopsis/ Abstract*SReC approval letter
A Turnitin report with a similarity index of 20% or less will be accepted*A Turnitin report with a similarity index of 20% or less will be accepted*
Clean protocol in PDF*Permission to use samples

Data collection sheet/tool*

Previous ethics approval from the original researcher

Departmental letter (only the school of medicine)*

Facility consent: Where samples are stored and/or tested

Facility/gatekeeper permission letter*

DALRRD: Section 20 approval

Completed signature page*

Completed signature page*

Completed CV (for Independent Research only)

Site permits
School research committee approval/ recommendation letter to SMURECIncineration/calibration certificate for disposal of biological waste
Statistician letter (if applicable)Consent forms

Data collection and/or monitoring sheets/forms


At this moment, no outstanding documents or applications will be accepted via email.