How to apply for ethical review

All human ethics applications must be lodged online using the Swinburne Ethics Review Management (ERM). For detailed instructions see the ERM human ethics user guide [PDF 3.7MB].

Application process

1. Go to the Swinburne Ethics Review Management website. 
2. Click ‘Log in’ in the top right-hand corner of the menu bar and enter your Swinburne email address and password.  
3. Select ‘Create project’ from the left-hand sidebar, add in the Project Title and select the appropriate application form. 
4. Complete the application — you can invite your collaborators to review and work on the form too. 
5. Create and attach relevant additional documents as requested in the form. 
6. Obtain the sign-offs requested in the form. 
7. Submit the application form by the relevant deadline.  
8. Respond to any queries posed by the ethics committee. 
9. Ethics approval will be granted once all outstanding queries are satisfied.
    

Already have ethics approval from a non-Swinburne Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC)? 

For applications that have already received ethical approval from an NHMRC-registered Australian HREC please select the Human External Approved/Transferred application in the ERM system and complete that form. You will be required to provide evidence of the approval and copies of all documents that they approved.