Research in the Nursing & Health Care Studies Department

If you are applying to conduct research in the Nursing & Health Care Studies Department, please submit your research proposal to the Research Ethics Committee.

Application Procedures
Application must be submitted 10 days in advance of the committee meeting date in which you wish your submission to be considered. The submission can be sent by post, the postal address can be found on the submission checklist, or placed in our post box outside the administration office on the ground floor of the Sólás Building, North Campus.

Proposed meeting dates

2009
9th October
13th November
11th December

2010
15th January
19th February
12th March
16th April
14th May
11th June

Downloads
Application forms and further information can be downloaded here.
Please ensure that you read and comply with all items on the Submission Checklist.

• Submission Checklist
• Terms of Reference
• Validation Checklist
• Approval Application Form
• Project Proposal (Refer to Question 7)
• Sample Confirmation Research Completion Letter (Refer to Question 5)
• Change Review Request Form  

Please note the following before sending the application: 

• Please insert your comments onto the page if requested
• Please provide all application documentation to be submitted (see submission checklist)

Otherwise the application will be returned WITHOUT REVIEW by the committee.

The chair will be writing to you with a decision following their meeting.

Contact
Elizabeth Heffernan
Chair of the Research Ethics Committee
Department of Nursing and Health Care Department
Sólás Building
North Campus
Dromtacker
Tralee

Ph: 066 7184440
E-mail: Elizabeth.Heffernan@mailp.hse.ie

If you have any further queries please don't hesitate to contact me.