Completing the application form

Download the form

• Human ethics application form (Medical) (Word doc)
• Human ethics application form (Humanities) (Word doc)

Use the current form

Make sure you are submitting the current application form. Sometimes we receive older versions of the form that may have been downloaded and saved. These older versions are now obsolete and can not be accepted.

The current version is Version 11.

Who is the Chief Investigator?

In student research projects, the Chief Investigator must be a current University of Sydney staff member for risk management, insurance, and legal reasons.

Even though the student researcher may have designed the project themselves and done all the development work, etc., the student researcher’s supervisor must be named as the Chief Investigator.

For research where there may be two or more researchers who each claim "Chief Investigator" status, the HREC requires that only one Chief Investigator is named; the others may be listed as Associate Researchers.

As the Chief Investigator is ultimately the one responsible for the student researcher’s work, the Chief Investigator must read all prepared documents thoroughly before signing off on the application.

Signatures

Please provide all original signatures of all members of the research team with the original application form. Please also make sure you have obtained the signature of the relevant Head of School/Department.