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Who should apply?

Who Should Apply?

The following criteria have been established by the Australian Sports Commission (ASC) for proposals to be considered by the AIS Ethics Committee (EC):

  • Research proposals led by ASC staff, involving the use of AIS facilities, or requiring access to Athlete Management System (AMS) data must be submitted to the AIS EC for review.
  • The AIS EC will also consider research proposals submitted through state institutes or academies of sport and national sporting organisations who do not have their own HREC.

Activities that do not require EC approval are as follows:

  • Standalone procedures that are not part of a research project.
  • Research that does not involve human participants. For example, the development of hardware, software, or sporting equipment that will not be validated or tested using human participants.

External HREC Recognition

  • ASC researchers can apply to have ethics approval from an external NHMRC registered Ethics Committee recognised by the AIS EC, except where the research is led by ASC staff, involves use of AIS facilities or access to AMS data.
  • The AIS Ethics Committee does not recognise ethics review conducted by a non NHMRC registered Ethics Committee including ethics review conducted overseas.  Submissions must be reviewed in full to ensure requirements of the NHMRC National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research 2023 are met.

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