Additional Services

In addition to undertaking ethical reviews of proposed research projects, we also offer ongoing monitoring, and ad-hoc ethical assessments of research which in progress.

Scheduled Monitoring

Monitoring is a key component of maintaining safety, compliance, and operational excellence. Our guidelines are designed to ensure transparency, protect sensitive data, and promote accountability across all levels of activity. By following these standards, we not only comply with regulatory requirements but also foster a secure and trustworthy environment for all users.

We offer ethics monitoring for projects which need it, perhaps because the research is longitudinal, or the ethical issues are complex, or for some other reason. Monitoring is usually annual but there are other options. For example, monitoring could be e.g. every nine or every 18 months, depending on the project’s needs.

To request our monitoring service, the information we require is very similar to that of an initial Ethics Committee application (see the Application page) - but there are some small differences. We do not provide forms for you to fill in - instead, the two following sections in the box below comprise the information you should include on your application. You can use the button below the box to copy the text to the clipboard on your computer, so that you can paste it into a word-processor document, to use as the starting point for your request.

Background information

1.1 Name:

1.2 Organisation/institution:

1.3 Contact email:

1.4 Project title:

1.5 Research funder (if applicable):

1.6 Please provide details of planned or submitted applications to other ethics committees relating to this research:

1.7 Please provide a short summary of your research project, including an overview of your intended methods for all parts of the project, in no more than 400 words. You can refer to your supporting documents.

Ethical statement

1.8 Please write a statement of no more than 3,000 words. This statement should:

  1. Give an overview of the project’s progress since the last review
  2. Identify any new ethical issues that have arisen since the last review and/or are likely to arise in the future, outline their implications, and explain how you have dealt with and/or how you plan to deal with these issues
  3. Ensure that, as far as possible, your statement addresses the seven principles

Ad Hoc Monitoring

We also offer ad hoc monitoring support, for unexpected issues that arise where support is needed, through meetings with one or more of our panel members.

The cost of a monitoring review is the same as for review of an initial application. For ad hoc support, one hour with one panel member costs 10% of the price of a review. You can book more panel members and/or more time; two panel members or two hours costs twice as much as one, and so on. To be more explicit, the charges per one hour with one panel member are as follows:

Freelance / Independent Researchers

Third Sector Organisations

Private, Public and Academic Institutions

For a monitoring review, you would need to submit a report including this information (the background information can be copied from your original report unless anything has changed since then).