How to submit an application
Full REB Review
- Criteria: Default procedure for all research projects involving human participants
- Submission dates: First working day of month
- Number of copies needed: 1
- Evaluation time: 6 weeks
Minimal Risk Review
- Criteria: Risks must not be higher than those lived in every day life (see website for restrictions)
- Submission dates: First working day of month
- Number of copies needed: 1
- Evaluation time: 4-6 weeks
Expedited Review
- Criteria: Projects already approved by another REB or minor revisions to a previously approved project
- Submission dates: None
- Number of copies needed: 1
- Evaluation time: 2-3 weeks
Application for Course Outline
- Criteria: Request must be submitted by the professor when students are asked to do research involving human participants within the context of a course
- Submission dates: 4-6 weeks before classes begin
- Number of copies needed: 1
- Evaluation time: 2-3 weeks
Application for secondary use of data
- Criteria: Projects using data originally collected for purposes other than the current research (e.g., school or criminal records, private association archives, company’s internal documents)
- Submission dates: None
- Number of copies needed: 1
- Evaluation time: 2-3 weeks