FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions
Please contact the Office of Research Ethics to seek clarification of the FAQ guidance answers or to suggest questions you may have to add to our page. The REB welcomes your suggestions in order to improve the experiences of researchers while we work together on the ethical and administrative requirements of your research involving human participants. All SMU/NSCAD researcher community questions have been organized according to the following main contact points when working together with the REB:
FAQ Categories:
I. INITIAL SUBMISSION
- Application Preparation
- Application Submission
- Form 1 or Form 1C
- Signed Informed Consent or Verbal Informed Consent Script for Research
- Research Materials
II. DECISION MAKING
III. CONTINUING REVIEW REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
- Preparation Questions
- Report of New Information and Unanticipated Issue
- Request for Change to Cleared Research
- Annual Status Report
- End of Study Report
Contact us
Office of Research Ethics
Atrium 210
902-496-8772
Mailing address:
Office of Research Ethics
923 Robie Street,
Halifax, NS, B3H-3C3