HOLIDAY CLOSURE: 

The McMaster Research Ethics Board and the research ethics office will be closed for the holidays from Tuesday December 23, 2025, until Monday January 5, 2026.  MREB and SREC review will not occur during this time.  

New Standard Applications submitted December 1, 2025, or later will likely not receive Chair feedback until January. Amendments and other sub-forms submitted close to the holiday break may also have extended review times.

Questions? mreb@mcmaster.ca ext. 23142

Financial Affairs update how research study participants are paid at McMaster. 

The revised interim guidelines are in effect as of Jan. 27, 2025

Sharing Study Results? 

MacSphere is available to everyone on campus as a place to share study results.

Please contact the Library’s Office of Scholarly Communication.

McMaster Indigenous Research Primer (MIRI) 

A STATEMENT FROM THE MREB CHAIRS ON ANTI-RACISM

Useful Links from the MREB Website 

MacREM - How To Documents and MREB Samples and Templates

McMaster Free LimeSurvey Service

  MREB FAQs 

Using Videoconferencing Platforms for Collecting Data from Human Participants

Does Research Using Social Media Platforms Require Research Ethics Board Review?

REMEMBER: Don't click the "Continue" button when you log in.  It is a MacID thing for those who don't have Javascript enabled on their browser. 

MacREM V1.4 UPDATE - August 23, 2023: Click here for more information

The McMaster Research Ethics Manager (MacREM) is the web-based system to submit, review and monitor research ethics applications. It is the online system for the McMaster Research Ethics Board (MREB).