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.