CONDUCTING RESEARCH DURING COVID-19 

NOTE: Due to Hamilton being on “lockdown” as of Monday, March 29, with the exception of “essential research”, all research procedures with in-person human participants are suspended. Please see the update from the Vice-President, Research for full details. The Vice-President, Research will update the McMaster community when in-person human participant research is allowed to resume.

MREB review continues and the ethics office is working remotely.

The University has released details on Phase 2 of return to in-person research for on-campus research and off-campus research.  Researchers are required to obtain University approval to start (or restart) in-person research with human participants. 

Please refer to the MREB COVID-19 FAQ for further details.

BEFORE SUBMITTING YOUR APPLICATION, PLEASE READ THE ABOVE FAQ AND THE VIDEO-CONFERENCING GUIDELINE BELOW (if applicable):

Using Video-conferencing Platforms for Collecting Data from Human Participants 

A STATEMENT FROM THE MREB CHAIRS ON ANTI-RACISM

MacREM V1.2 UPDATE - August 18,2020: Click here for more information

Questions? ethicsoffice@mcmaster.ca ext. 23142 

 

MacREM - How To Documents and MREB Samples and Templates

MacREM QuickGuide - Transfer and Duplicate Sub-forms

Helpful Tip: Don'Don'Don't Click the CONTINUE button when you login. It is a MacID thing for those who don't have Javascript enabled on their browser.

Useful Links from the MREB Website

1. McMaster Research Ethics Tutorial

2. McMaster Free LimeSurvey Service

3. Sample Material Forms Repository

4. MREB Ethics Resources

5. Student Research Ethics Committees

6. Other Useful Links

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).