Resources

• National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research (2023)
• Australian Code for the Responsible Conduct of Research (2018)

• Ethics Guidelines for Internet-mediated Research (2021)
• Social Media Research: A Guide to Ethics (2016) 

• Guidelines for the giving of prizes as incentives for research participation in a research activity
• Standard terms and conditions of entry into a prize draw for participation in a research activity
• Standard entry into prize draw for research activity form

If your research involves clinical trials, please contact the Ethics Office before proceeding with a HRE application. 

Clinical trial applications are completed and submitted via the national Human Research Ethics Application (HREA). 

Additional resources

• Australian Clinical Trials
• Therapeutic Goods Act 1989
• Therapeutic Goods Regulations 1990
• AHEC consensus statement on clinical ethics
• Clinical Trials Notification (CTN) scheme
• Clinical Trials Approval (CTA) scheme (Previously, 'Clinical Trials Exemption (CTX) scheme')
• Competencies for Australian Academic Clinical Trialists
• Good Practice Process for Site Assessment and Authorisation of Clinical Trials
• Guidance for Good Clinical Practice (ICH-GCP) (annotated by the TGA)
• Indemnity and Insurance Arrangements for Clinical Trials in the Public and Private Sectors in Australia
• NHMRC eLearning Modules – Clinical trials
• NHMRC Safety monitoring and reporting in clinical trials involving therapeutic goods
• TGA’s Clinical Trial website
• The Australian Clinical Trial Handbook
• Clinical Ethics Capacity Building Resource Manual
• Data Safety Monitoring Boards (DSMBs)

The UniSQ Insurance team will also need to be consulted before submitting an HREA application. 

• HREC Foundations course
• UniSQ HREC Induction

Information on how to enrol in courses is available.