Requirements for Review of Protocols

Undergraduate Students

Graduate Students

Faculty and Staff

The following documents shall be submitted to the CHE REC through the Department:

The following documents shall be submitted to the CHE REC through the Department:

The following documents along with relevant documents listed in Form 10: Review Checklist shall be submitted to the CHE REC through the Department:

• Transmittal form endorsed and signed by REC representatives and Department Chair

• UPCHE REC Form 11: Registration and Application Form

• Accomplished and signed UPCHE REC Form 53: Checklist for Exemption from Ethical Review

• Final version of study protocol

• Informed Consent Forms (English and Filipino, as applicable)

• Synopsis of materials and methods 

• Technical Panel Approval Letter/Proof of Technical Review 

• Transmittal form endorsed and signed by REC representatives and Department Chair (batch submission) or Cover letter (individual)

• UPCHE REC Form 8: Study Protocol Assessment Form

• UPCHE REC Form 9: Informed Consent Assessment Form

• UPCHE REC Form 10: Review Checklist

• UPCHE REC Form 11: Registration and Application Form

• Accomplished and signed UPCHE REC Form 53: Checklist for Exemption from Ethical Review

• Informed Consent Form (English and Filipino, as applicable)

• Proof of Technical Review (CHE GForm 14)

• Final version of research protocol

• CV of proponent(s) and research team (if applicable) 

• Cover letter 

• UPCHE REC Form 8: Study Protocol Assessment Form

• UPCHE REC Form 9: Informed Consent Assessment Form

• UPCHE REC Form 10: Review Checklist

• UPCHE REC Form 11: Registration and Application Form

• Accomplished and signed UPCHE RECForm 53: Checklist for Exemption from Ethical Review

• Informed Consent Form (English and Filipino, as applicable)

• Technical Review Endorsement letter (ex. ORP internal form for OVCRD-funded, approval for funding from DOST)

• Final version of research protocol

• CV of proponent(s) and research team

• Other documents as needed (Refer to Form 10 for the complete list)

Important General Guidelines

Important Guidelines/Reminders: Student Proposals

Important Guidelines/Reminders: Faculty and Staff

All research protocols submitted to the UPCHE REC should have undergone review and approval by a technical review committee/panel from the department or bodies recognized by the Department as competent committee or panel to undertake the technical review. These reviewed protocols should be duly endorsed by the department to the UPCHE REC for eventual ethical review.

Protocols should also be endorsed by the respective Departments after preliminary evaluation of the ethical considerations of the protocols. 

Faculty mentors or thesis advisers are responsible for oversight of undergraduate student research studies and should ensure that exempt studies are completed. 

Research protocols from students shall be submitted to the UPCHE REC by batch with endorsement from the Department after the technical review and preliminary review of ethical considerations. 

The technical review of protocols from faculty and staff may be done in the College or by other research funding agencies/institutions. 

The principal investigator or proponent should include a proof of technical review and approval in the submission to the UPCHE REC that serves as validation of the scientific soundness of the protocol, as reviewed and approved by the concerned technical review committee.