Research

New Protocol Submissions – full and delegated review -

Please submit via institutional e-mail to new.ethics.protocols@utoronto.ca

• U of T Faculty Researchers
  • Protocol Submission Form (revised Aug 2010)
  • Instructions
• Supervised and Sponsored Research (U of T graduate students, post-docs, residents, non-U of T faculty)
  • Protocol Submission Form (revised Aug 2010)
  • Instructions
• Community-Based Researchers doing HIV/AIDS Research
  • Protocol Submission Form (revised Aug 2010)
  • Instructions
• Research involving a U of T affiliated teaching hospital – Administrative Review
  • TAHSN Application Cover Sheet—for use with the TAHSN form ONLY
  • See Hospital-based Research for further information on submission requirements when involving both hospitals and the University.
• Course-based graduate research
  • Graduate Course Template – for use by instructors whose courses include student research projects involving human subjects
• Undergraduate research
  • Undergraduate Course Template - for use by instructors whose courses include student research projects involving human subjects
  • Undergraduate Student-Initated Project – for use by undergraduates undertaking independent projects

Previously approved protocols

NB: We accept e-mailed submissions that relate to previously approved protocols, as long as it is sent from a faculty researcher’s/supervisor’s institutional e-mail account. Please send the documents via e-mail to ethics.review@utoronto.ca.

• Amendment Form —this form must be accompanied by a complete protocol with the proposed changes indicated in bold text. For a definition of an amendment, go here.
• Annual Renewal of Ethics Approval Form
• Study Completion Report
• Adverse/Unanticipated Events Report Form

Information and Resources

• Information about the Ethics Review of Course-based Research
• Using the Risk Matrix – to be used when determining review type [i.e., delegated (formerly expedited) or full] and level of continuing review (Section F of the Protocol Submission Forms)
• Ethics Reviewer Template