All research undertaken is done under the auspices of the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health and before a protocol can be submitted to the Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) for ethics approval, it first needs to go through the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health Research Committee f(Paeds DRC) or scientific review approval.
1. Do you have a research project in mind?
2. Identify a Supervisor and obtain a commitment.
3. Write a research proposal & synopsis
- Write research proposal according to structure in Form FHS015 (consult FHS015hlp)
- Write synopsis according to structure in Form FHS014
4. Submission to the Department Research Committee (DRC) Office
| Geanine Hopley Research Administrator (Paeds Research Office) Department of Paediatrics and Child Health Faculty of Health Sciences University of Cape Town email: geanine.hopley@uct.ac.za ICH Building, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital |
5. Submission to the Faculty of Health Sciences Human Research Ethics Committee (FHS HREC)
- See here
- Note: An electronic copy of your new application should always be available on request from the administrators.
Animal Research Ethics Committee
6. Application to Hospital Administration
7. Obtain approval of research proposal by Doctoral Degrees Board (DDB)
Following HREC approval, submit the following to fhs-pg@uct.ac.za at the postgraduate office, for
approval by the DDB Chair:
- HREC approval letter
- Form D1 + D3 (Approval of study proposal form)
- HREC approved research protocol
Submission must be made prior to commencement of research and not later than 6- months after registration.
Postgraduate Research Information
MMed and MPhil Documents (Please check for form updates on Vula site. Please contact Faculty Post-graduate Office for access to Vula site.)