Research ethics review involving human subjects Basic information about the university

Regarding applications for research ethics review 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 for 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 for Research Involving Human Subjects," just like faculty members.

Please first check whether or not a 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 a 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 it 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 your research involving human subjects.

List of members of the 2023 Human Subjects Research Ethics Committee
List of Research Ethics Officers for FY2024
 

Application process (1) Determining the necessity of ethics review for research involving humans

Determining whether or not research ethics review involving human subjects is necessary is as follows:Check sheet for research ethics review for Josai International University personnelIf any of the following apply, a 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 the conduct of your research that would cause you to answer "yes" to any of the questions, please submit the "Josai International University University Human Research Ethics Review Application Form."

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

Application flow (2) Preparation and submission of application documents

○ Application flow
　   Research ethics review application flow for human subjectsPlease refer to.
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 Graduate School of our University must be the research ethics officer of the faculty that underpins the Graduate School.
- Faculty members or graduate students of Graduate School of International Administration at our university must contact the research ethics officer of the relevant graduate 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

Implementation schedule for research ethics reviews involving human subjects (FY2024)

• The above application deadline is the deadline for submitting application documents from the research ethics officer to the Research Promotion Division after receiving and confirming the application by the research ethics officer of each faculty.
• The deadline for applicants in each faculty to submit application documents to the research ethics officer should be set independently by the research ethics officer in each faculty, depending on the circumstances of each faculty.
• Research ethics reviews for human subjects will be conducted from 13:25 to 17:05 (may be extended) on the above review dates. There may be a hearing with the applicant, so please be sure to keep your schedule free after 13:25 on the examination day.

Application documents, etc. (download)

• Check sheet for research ethics review
  Research ethics review application document check sheet
  Application form for review regarding research ethics
  [For applicants] Research implementation plan check sheet 
• Research Plan
• Instructions for research participants
• Consent form/consent withdrawal form for research participation
• Check sheet for informed consent, etc.
• Self-declaration of conflict of interest
• Ethics review application form due to changes in research plan
• Research ethics reexamination request form
• [For research ethics personnel] Research implementation plan check sheet

Research progress report/research results report (download)

• Research progress report (submitted at the end of each fiscal year)
• Research results report (as a general rule, submitted within one month after the end of the research)

Submission address: Same as the submission address for application documents related to research ethics review for the above-mentioned persons.
 

Permission to implement a research plan approved by the ethical review board of another institution

• When implementing a research plan for multi-institutional joint research that has been approved by another institution's ethical review committee at our university, we must obtain implementation permission from our university before implementation. Please submit the following implementation permission application form to the Research Promotion Division.
  
  Application for permission to conduct research involving humans (multi-institutional joint research)
   

Secretariat (contact information)