RESEARCH PROJECT FLOWCHART

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• Discuss with your Supervisor/ Research Group or
  Division Lead
• Identify your Research Governance Sponsor
• Obtain accurate costs for your research
• Apply for and obtain Honorary Research
  Contract(s) from Host Care Organisation e.g. The
  Greater Manchester RESEARCH PASSPORT

Generic RESEARCH PROJECT FLOWCHART
RESEARCH IDEA

• Complete a Project Registration Form i.e. Pan
  Manchester Notification Form and/or NHS RD
  Registration Form
• Submit your project registration form to the
• Host Care Organisation
• Faculty Research Office (to authorise grant
  application) or University Research Office (for
  commercial contracts)

REGISTER WITH RD

• Once final Faculty or University sign off has
  been obtained submit your funding application to
  funding body
• Externally funded projects receive Independent
  Scientific Review as part of assessment for award
• You may access the NW Peer Review System for Own
  Account research that involves the NHS in the NW
  region
• Student projects receive scientific review within
  School/ Division

FUNDING/ PEER REVIEW

• Once your project has received independent
  scientific review, apply to a research ethics
  committee if appropriate
• Use the COREC form for all research involving the
  NHS
• Contact the University of Manchester Research
  Ethics Office for all other projects that raise
  ethical issues

ETHICS REVIEW
Are you doing a Drugs Trial?

• Once ethics approval has been obtained from an
  LREC or MREC send a copy of the approval letter
  to
• Host Care Organisation - also send copies of any
  relevant regulatory approvals
• University of Manchester Research Ethics
  Committee (UREC) Office (Dr Tim Stibbs)

FINAL RD APPROVAL

• Host Care Organisation will give final approval
  for the research to start Investigators
  research covered by NHS Indemnity
• The UREC will give approval/ acknowledge LREC or
  MREC approval and confirm access to University
  indemnity for research

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