Complete the 'other approval' screen

You must complete the other approvals screen if you indicate in the research checklist that your project will include:

• locations other than in/addition to the University of Melbourne
• approvals (non ethics) needed from external organisations
• already has or requires other ethics approval
• involves personal information obtained from government department or NGO
• data has been collected previously for another purpose
• health, personal or sensitive information
• multiple ethical review of research
• likely participants of social groups with special needs
• likely ATSI participants
• likely participants requiring consent of leaders/elders

The type of approvals you should record on this screen includes those required by community groups, schools and the Department of Education. You must forward a hard or electronic copy of any approvals to the HEAG, which will be reviewed with your application.

To complete the ‘other non-ethics approvals’ screen:

1. Click to select whether external approvals are required.
2. Select ‘yes’ or ‘yet to be determined’ to indicate whether the organisations/individuals who will approve the research have been identified
3. If you have selected ‘yes’, complete the ‘details’ section. Click ‘add approvals’.
4. Complete the details.
5. Click ‘add approval’ and repeat step 4 for each approval.
6. Use the comments field to record any overall comments relating to non-ethics approvals required for your research.
7. Click ‘next’.

Responsible researchers will be able to access and update external approval details. For further details refer to ‘updating an ethics application via the workbench’.

Approvals details