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If you have never applied to the National Cheng Kung University Human Research Ethics Committee (NCKU HREC) for a research ethics review or if you would like to confirm whether NCKU HREC can accept your project application, please email the following information to em51020@ncku.edu.tw:
1. Theme or title of your project
2. Type of participants that will be recruited
3. Methodology
4. Appendix (e.g., abstract, questionnaire, interview outline, and informed consent form, if necessary)
5. Your contact information
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If the NCKU HREC accepts your project application, please register a new account.
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Use your Mandarin name as the username if you have one.
If you don’t have a national identification card number, please enter the last four digits of your Alien Resident Certificate in the field “身分證末四碼.” |
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| Step 3 | for new applicants only |
| Once we receive your application, we will approve your account, after which you can access our system and upload the required documents. | |
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Prepare the following three documents:
1. Research Ethics Review Application Form (Click on this link and you will find two versions of the form on the website).
If your study involves human participants, please download the file entitled“通用版”(for general cases);
if not, please use “純次級資料研究計畫專用版” (for secondary data research). |
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2. Research Proposal
3. Appendix (e.g., informed consent form, questionnaire, and interview outline, if necessary)
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| If you would like to apply for exemption, please complete the“Application Form for Exemption”in addition to the aforementioned three documents (click on this link and download the file entitled“得免除審查申請表”) | |
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| Compress the aforementioned files and upload them in the same folder. | |
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| Upon successful uploading of the files, a verification message will be sent indicating that the application has been accepted. A staff member in the NCKU HREC office will be responsible for your case, and we will thoroughly confirm the contents of your application. You will be notified if information is missing or insufficient. |
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You can either upload the documents early or wait until receiving funding.
Please notify us in advance if the latest versions of the documents are uploaded but the project will not begin until funding is received. |
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| NCKU HREC will begin reviewing your documents once uploaded. Our committee may provide some suggestions or opinions after reviewing the documents. | |
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| After NCKU HREC approves your application, a notice of exemption or an approval certificate will be issued. | |
| On the basis of the committees' experience of reviewing the risk of harm that the research participants may be exposed to and with consideration of the special nature or vulnerability of the participants, our committee may determine that your study qualifies for expedited or full-board review. In such a case, the study will be reviewed by committee members, and they will provide you with some suggestions. |
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Reminder:
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A service fee will be charged for every case review. |
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