Friday, February 19, 2021

Submission of Research Ethics Application (Year 2021)

Attention to ALL Master students who will be taking the Dissertation course (RAC883) and Applied Research Project course (RAC873) in Semester March 2021 and September 2021

2.    The Research Ethics Policy (involving humans) was approved on 24 May 2019 at the 169th University Board of Directors (LPU) Meeting. It aims to ensure the implementation of ethical research by all staff and students in UiTM.

3.    According to the Research Ethics Policy, all UiTM students and staff conducting research must apply for and obtain the research ethics approval from the UiTM Research Ethics Committee (except for research that is qualified for exemption using Form REC11). The research ethics approval is required before the data collection process is done.

4.    In line with the Research Ethics Policy, please be informed that students MUST fill out and submit the application form to obtain research ethics approval (FORM REC2-REC5, and REC12 if applicable, OR REC11) to the Secretariat of Research Ethics Research Faculty through the Postgraduate Office:

  • REC2 - Approval Form for Research Ethics
  • REC3 - Research Risk Classification Form
  • REC4 - Subject Information Sheet
  • REC5 - Checklist for Applicant
  • REC12 - Assent Form (for research involving children aged under 18)
  • REC11 - Application for Exemption form Ethical Review
The above forms can be downloaded form the following link:

https://www.recuitm.org/insurance

*Important info:

For the year 2021, the deadline for submitting the above documents is as follows: 

Month

Deadline for Acceptance of Form (Postgraduate Office)

January

21 December 2020

February

18 January 2021

March

15 February 2021

April

22 March 2021

May

19 April 2021

June

17 May 2021

July

14 June 2021

August

19 July 2021

September

23 August 2021

October

20 September 2021

November

18 October 2021

December

22 November 2021


Students are advised to submit the required documents soonest possible  (it takes an estimate of +/- 2 months to complete the whole application process before approval is granted). Failure to submit all required documents early may cause delays in the approval process (leading to a further delay in data collection, and submission of dissertation on time).

For any further inquiries, please contact PM Dr. Norziaton Ismail Khan (Fellow - Research Ethics Research Faculty) at 03 - 3258 7480.

Thank you.