Principal investigator / at least one of the investigators must belong to one of the following categories to accept the application for reviewing;

• A member of the permanent academic staff of the Wayamba University of Sri Lanka (including probationary staff), or a person who had retired from a permanent academic staff position in the Wayamba University of Sri Lanka.
• A researcher who is conducting collaborative research projects with the Wayamba University of Sri Lanka.

We accept applications for reviewing human and animal ethical aspects of the research proposals.

It is a requirement to do the following,

01. Mail a soft copy of the application and required documents to erc@wyb.ac.lk

02. Fill the online google form, please use the submission link

03. Hard copies of the application and all the required documents should be sent (or handover) to;

Dr. Thakshila Adikari,

The Secretary,
Ethics Review Committee,
Faculty of Livestock, Fisheries and Nutrition,
Wayamba University of Sri Lanka,
Makandura, Gonawila (NWP)

An application for the review of the ethics of proposed biomedical research should be submitted by a qualified researcher responsible for the ethical and scientific conduct of the research.

All documentation required for a thorough and complete review of the ethics of proposed research should be submitted by the applicant.
The complete application consists of all the following:

• Duly completed application form (which can be downloaded from this website at Downloads Page)
• Information sheets, consent forms, assent forms and questionnaire forms, where necessary in all three languages (Sinhala, Tamil and English). The soft copies of Translations must be submitted as PDF documents.
• The research Proposal (clearly identified and dated), together with supporting documents and annexure
• A summary (as far as possible in non-technical language), synopsis, or diagrammatic presentation (‘flowchart’) of the protocol
• When the research involves a study product (such as a new food or pharmaceutical or device under investigation), an adequate summary of all safety, pharmacological, pharmaceutical, and toxicological data available on the study product together with a summary of clinical experience with the study product to date (e.g., recent investigator’s brochure, published data, a summary of the product’s characteristics)
• Investigator (s)’s curriculum vitae (updated, signed, and dated)
• Material to be used (including advertisements) for the recruitment of potential research participants

PLEASE SEE THE DOWNLOADS TO GET THE FORMS

The investigators need to submit their proposals along with all listed documents below before 30th of every month, enabling the reviewers to go through them and discuss them at the ERC meeting in the mid of the following month. Sticking to this deadline will avoid unnecessary delays.

Average time taken to get a decision from ERC of Wayamba University of Sri Lanka would be 30-45 days depends on the date of submission.