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Low Risk Research Applications

Download Form LR (861 kb), additional documents, guidelines (88 kb)

Form LR is intended to be used for all research where the foreseeable risk to participants is no more than one of discomfort. For example:

  • Questionnaires and/or surveys, anonymous or otherwise, online etc. involving non-sensitive topics
  • Observations, with or without consent

For more information, refer to the National Statement on ethical conduct in human research 2007 Chapter 2.1: Risk and Benefit.

Submission requirements

Please note, you can submit Form LR at any time. There are no closing date requirements. Your application will be reviewed out of the meeting session within 2 weeks of receipt. Please forward:

  1. The Original completed and signed application form (one copy only) including all other documents i.e. explanatory statement, consent form, survey instrument, permission letter and advertisement for project etc.
  2. An electronic version of the application form + all relevant documents submitted to muhrec@adm.monash.edu.au

IMPORTANT: Completing the checklist at the beginning of Form LR is mandatory. The Committee advise that you complete this checklist carefully and thoroughly before completing the form itself. If you answer 'Yes' to ANY of the items on the Checklist of the form pages 2 & 3, please stop filling in this form and use Form 1. If you answered 'No' to ALL of the items, please continue filling in Form LR.

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