Ethics Toolkit for Principal Investigators

The Ethics Toolkit is designed:

To assist students and staff when completing their ethical applications.
To provide a repository of useful resources, including example ethics forms, information sheets and consent forms.

The pages below provide detailed information on different topics.

Animals - Guidance for research involving animals

Information about Health Research Authority approval and Good Clinical Practice

Guidance for identifying the research sponsor

Information on informed and voluntary consent, right to withdraw, privacy and confidentiality, and benefits outweighing risks

Ethical and governance considerations for research data

Guidance for research involving emissions, landscape/cultural heritage effects, fieldwork, sensitive areas, protected sites

Information for research undertaken outside and/or with collaborators outside the European Economic Area

Guidance for declaring and managing real/potential conflicts of interest, and considerations for research funding offers

Other external information sources which may be helpful

Example documents, including Participant Information Sheets and Consent Forms

Requirements for research involving US Federal Agency support

Find out whether Newcastle University will accept external ethics approvals

Find out about your obligation to comply with the Nagoya Protocol

Find out more on on Managing Risk in International Research

Research and innovation activities aimed at enhancing global security