Once your proposal has been reviewed, you will be notified by email. Your application will be assigned one of the following recommendations:

• Accept as is
• Minor revisions
• Major revisions
• Refusal

If you are told your ethics application needs minor or major revisions, you will receive feedback from the reviewers as to what needs to be revised.

Once you have made the revisions (highlighted in yellow), submit the revised application through cuResearch. Once re-submitted, allow a minimum of one working week for feedback on the revisions.

Initial feedback from the CUREB varies depending on the level of ethics review and the response time of the applicant:

• Minimal risk reviews, course clearances, and administrative reviews take 2 to 3 weeks on average.
• Full CUREB reviews take 4 to 6 weeks.

During busy periods, the review time may be longer. If you have not heard from us during this time, we encourage you to follow up with a Research Ethics and Compliance Coordinator.

In accordance with the Tri-Council Policy Statement, the REBs use a proportionate approach when reviewing ethics applications, whereby the level of review depends on the foreseeable level of risk to participants. Applications that have a lower risk level will receive less scrutiny than applications with a higher risk level.

Cleared projects receive a reference number that is used on the recruitment, informed consent, and debriefing forms, as well as any communication with the CUREB.