CHECKLIST/ MATERIALS FOR SUBMISSION OF HREC PROPOSAL

1. Cover page (as a separate file) that shows the following:

a. Title of research
b. Full names, qualifications and e-mail addresses of investigators
c. Full names of Sponsors (where applicable), other collaborating institutions and
investigators (where applicable)
d. The corresponding investigator must be the Project Principal Investigator (PI)
or Local PI of the research and bears legal responsibility for the research.
2. One-page summary of the research (in plain language) including the title of the
study, research design, methodology, principal exposure and outcome variables but
must not contain information about the investigator/sponsor.
3. The proposal without the cover page and without the consent form (anonymity for
blind review)
4. ***The consent form with all required information to identify the
researcher/sponsor/affiliation
5. The consent form with all required information to identify the
researcher/sponsor/affiliation replaced with XXXXXXXX (to ensure anonymity).
6. Supervisor’s attestation statement. (Where applicable – in student’s research, for
example).
7. Receipt for due payment
8. Completed application form
9. Completed principal investigator’s CV in NIH (biosketch) format (maximum 2
pages, containing enough information to judge the ability of the PI to conduct the
research)
10. ***Evidence of completed ethics training on either of the two acceptable websites
(www.citiprogram.org, OR https://elearning.trree.org/
11. Application letter for ethics review addressed to the Chairman, HPHA Research
Ethics Committee, Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Aro, Abeokuta, Ogun state, Nigeria.
12. Co-Investigators attestation statement. (Where applicable) or Copy of letter(s) of
support from co-investigator(s), laboratories and sources of required resources (where
the researcher indicates that s/he will be collaborating with others.
13. Sponsor’s attestation statement i.e. letter of sponsorship. (Where applicable)
14. Materials Transfer Agreement (MTA - Where samples will be shipped out of
Nigeria – see prototype on the NHREC website for guidance)
15. Clinical Trial Agreement (CTA – Where the research is being conducted on behalf
of a sponsor) and any other agreement that may have been signed and is relevant to
the participants in the research.
16. Review fee: Proposal is not considered duely submitted for ethics review unless
accompanied with payment receipt of appropriate fee as follows:
a. NPHA Staff: Student Nurses: ₦2,000
b. Non-NPHA Staff: Student Nurses - ₦3,000
17. Payment: Visit: https://www.remita.net for online payment