Please Note
The University of Toronto’s Research Ethics Boards (REBs) are accepting all submissions of Face to Face (F2F) human research as one of two separate review processes. The REB review process focuses as usual on human research ethics issues. The second review process by the Face-to-Face COVID-19 Review Committee (F2FCRC) focuses specifically on COVID-19 health and safety risks to research participants. Approvals from both review processes are required before F2F research activities can commence. Please see the detailed instructions for the submission process.
Need to find human ethics guidelines (e.g., informed consent, student participation, data privacy, etc.)? Please see Human Ethics Principles & Guidelines.
Delegated review: The deadline for delegated review is every Monday (or first business day of the week) by 4:00 PM. For submission instructions, please see Submit a Human Ethics Protocol.
Full board review: Submission due dates for full board review are determined by the respective Research Ethics Board (REB). Please submit your protocol through My Research Human Protocols (MRHP) well in advance of your intended start date.
The MRHP submission process is complete when all supervisor and chair/dean approvals have been received and the protocol has been sent onwards to the Research Oversight & Compliance Office-Human Research Ethics Program (ROCO-HREP) MRHP Inbox. Researchers are responsible for determining timing of their submission to allow sufficient review time.
Human ethics protocols are reviewed by University of Toronto (U of T) REBs, based on the departmental or faculty affiliation of the principal investigator. For HIV-related research submitted for full board review, please follow the Health Sciences REB schedule.
Please review the information listed below for submission deadlines.
Chair: Professor Kathy Pichora-Fuller
Manager: Dr. Dean Sharpe
Departments covered: All disciplines in the social sciences, humanities, education (OISE/UT) and applied sciences
Upcoming SSHE REB Deadlines and Meeting Dates
| Due Date for Full Board Submissions | Meeting Date |
|---|---|
| July 12, 2021 | July 21, 2021 |
| No meeting in August 2021 | |
| Sept.13, 2021 | Sept.22, 2021 |
| Oct.12, 2021 | Oct.20, 2021 |
| Nov.8, 2021 | Nov.17, 2021 |
| Dec.6, 2021 | Dec.15, 2021 |
| Jan.10, 2022 | Jan.19, 2022 |
| Feb.14, 2022 | Feb.23, 2022 |
| Mar.14, 2022 | Mar.23, 2022 |
| Apr.11, 2022 | Apr.20, 2022 |
| May 9, 2022 | May 18, 2022 |
| June 6, 2022 | June 15, 2022 |
| July 11, 2022 | July 20, 2022 |
| No meeting in August 2022 | |
Chair: Professor Michael Atkinson
Manager: Daniel Gyewu
Departments covered:
- Medicine (all departments)
- Applied Science & Engineering
- Nursing
- Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Social Work
- Kinesiology & Physical Education
- Dentistry
- Public Health
Upcoming Health Sciences REB Meeting Dates
| Due Date for Submission | Meeting Date |
|---|---|
| No meeting in August 2021 | |
| September 3, 2021 | September 15, 2021 |
| September 24, 2021 | October 5, 2021 |
| October 22, 2021 | November 3, 2021 |
| November 26, 2021 | December 7, 2021 |
| December 21, 2021 | January 12, 2022 |
| January 28, 2022 | February 8, 2022 |
| February 25, 2022 | March 9, 2022 |
| March 25, 2022 | April 5, 2022 |
| April 22, 2022 | May 4, 2022 |
| May 27, 2022 | June 7, 2022 |
| June 30, 2022 | July 13, 2022 |
| No meeting in August 2022 | |
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