Human research ethics
Applying for a variation on your original ethics approval
If you want to make changes to your original ethics approval, you need to lodge a variation application with the approving review body. Variations for a project that was approved by a University ethics review panel can be lodged using the variation application form available in RIMS.
Common variation requests include:
- changes to the participant group (increase or reduction)
- changes to the research team, such as the addition or removal of students or assistants who will be involved in conducting the research
- changes to procedures, such as the number or timing of tests or tasks
- changes to data collection sites.
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