Welcome to the Research Ethics Board

Welcome to the Office of the University of Windsor Research Ethics Board. Here you can find information regarding different types of research and the review process that we follow.

New application forms are now available:

Please find the new application forms located under the Forms tab. Please note that the previous forms will be discontinued from use as of January 1st, 2012.

Useful Information

The Research Ethics Board at the University of Windsor undertakes ethics review of all research involving human subjects, including funded and unfunded faculty research, graduate research, administrative research, and research conducted on the University of Windsor community (students, faculty, staff) by researchers not affiliated with the University of Windsor.

We are here to conduct an ethics review prior to the beginning of any research involving human subjects. We examine the ethics components of the research, such as:

• sound methodology
• possible risks to the subjects
• recruitment of subjects
• consent from the subjects
• confidentiality or anonymity for the subjects
• the way in which the data is handled
• how feedback can be provided for the subjects

Please note that if the Research Ethics Board (REB) identifies problems within the application or the research you will be contacted in order that changes can be made. The review process may take one week or several weeks depending on a number of factors.

We are located on the 3rd floor of the Assumption University Building in room 301. Our mailing address is:

Research Ethics Coordinator
Research Ethics Board
University of Windsor
401 Sunset Avenue,
Essex Hall, Room #116
   Windsor, Ont. N9B 3P4 Canada
                                                        

Important deadlines

Please refer to the REB Meeting Dates for important deadlines and please note that protocols must be submitted by 4 PM on the assigned submission date, otherwise late applications will be put over to the next meeting date. Also note that the expedited reviewers generally meet once a week.

Last Revised 03/18/2010