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Regarding applications for ethics review of Research involving human subjects

"Research on human subjects" refers to Research conducted by collecting (including questionnaire surveys) or extracting information and data on the physical and mental health, behavior, environment, etc. of individuals using humans or human-derived samples.

When faculty members of our university conduct "Research involving human subjects," they must apply to and obtain approval from our university's "Ethics Committee Research Involving Human Subjects" in advance. When graduate students of our university conduct "Research involving human subjects," they must also receive approval in advance from the "Ethics Committee Research Involving Human Subjects," just like faculty members.

Please first check whether or not Research ethics review is required for your Research plan in question in the "Application Procedure (1) Determining the Necessity of Research Ethics Review for Human Subjects" below. If Research ethics review is required, please prepare a set of documents to be submitted in accordance with "Application Procedure (2) Preparation and Submission of Application Documents" and submit them to the Research ethics officer in your department by the application deadline set within your department.

For graduate student Research, the student's supervisor must apply.

Based on the application documents you have submitted, the "Ethics Review Committee for Research Involving Human Subjects" will conduct an ethics review of Research involving human subjects.

List of members of the 2024 Human Subjects Research Ethics Committee
List of Research Ethics Officers for FY2024
 

Application process (1) Determining whether or not Research ethics review is necessary for human subjects

The decision on whether or not to conduct ethics review of Research involving human subjects is made as follows:Josai International University Research Ethics Checklist for Human SubjectsIf any of the following apply, Research ethics review will be required.

➢ If you answer “yes” to any of the questions, the Research will be subject to ethics review for human subjects Research.
➢ If you answer "no" to all questions, the Research will not be considered subject to review. However, if you anticipate the occurrence of a situation during Research that would cause you to answer "yes" to any of the questions, please submit the "Josai International University Human Research Ethics Review Application Form."

*If you have any questions about whether or not you need to apply, please Contact us the Research Ethics Officer.
　　List of Research Ethics Officers for FY2024
 

Application flow (2) Preparation and submission of application documents

○ Application flow
　   Flow of application for ethics review Research involving human subjectsSee
Please download the application form from the "Application documents, etc. (Download)" section at the bottom of this website.

○ Where to submit application documents (Research ethics officer in the department)
- Faculty members or students of a faculty of this university should contact the Research ethics officer of that faculty.
- Faculty members or graduate students of the Research School of our University must be the person in charge of Research ethics of the faculty that is the foundation of the Research School.
- Faculty members or graduate students of Graduate School of International Administration at our university must contact the Research ethics officer of the relevant Research school.
・Faculty members of Center for Language Education are responsible for Research ethics at the Faculty of Faculty of International Humanities
*Faculty members who belong only to affiliated facilities other than Center for Language Education (Innovation Base, etc.) should contact the Research Promotion Division.
　　List of Research Ethics Officers for FY2024

Schedule for ethics review Research involving human subjects (FY2024)

• The above application deadline is the deadline for application documents to be submitted by the Research ethics officer at each faculty or department to Research Research Division after their acceptance and confirmation.
• The deadline for applicants in each faculty, etc. to submit application documents to the Research ethics officer should be set independently by the Research ethics officer within each faculty, etc., based on the circumstances of each faculty, etc.
• The ethical review Research involving human subjects will be conducted on the above review date from 13:25 to 17:05 (subject to extension). Applicants may be interviewed, so please make sure to keep your schedule clear after 13:25 on the review date.

Application documents, etc. (download)

• Research Ethics Checklist
  Research Ethics Review Application Document Checklist
  Application for Research Ethics Review
  [For applicants] Research implementation plan checklist 
• Research plan
• Information document for Research participants
• Research consent form/withdrawal of consent form
• Check sheet for informed consent, etc.
• Self-declaration of conflict of interest
• Application for ethical review following changes to Research plan
• Research Ethics Review Request Form
• [For Research Ethics Officers] Research Implementation Plan Checklist

Research progress report/ Research result report (download)

• Research progress report (submitted at the end of each fiscal year)
• Research result report (in principle, to be submitted within one month after the end Research)

Where to submit: Same as the application documents for Research ethics review for human subjects mentioned above
 

Permission to carry out a Research plan approved by the ethical review board of another institution

• When implementing Research Research approved by the ethical review committee of another institution at our university, permission is required from our university before implementation. Please submit the following permission application form to the Research Promotion Division.
  
  Application for permission to conduct Research involving human subjects (multi-institutional collaborative Research)
   

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