Before Completing the Online Application Form, Please Look at the Pages in this Section

Getting Started


1. Check through the RGF website or Handbook before making any application.

2. Apply for approval in plenty of time. Don’t leave it to the last minute. You may not be permitted to proceed without approval.

3. Be clear about the RGF principles and standards on the ‘preparing a principled application’ page in this section of the website.

4. Check the website pages on ‘research with people who lack capacity’ and ‘arrangements for monitoring and supervision’. Check that you have covered these issues.

5. Contact the Research co-ordinator to discuss the application

6. Prepare your research proposal; gather the documents that you need.

Document Checklist
A completed project proposal
Research timetable
Information for participants
Participant consent forms
References
CRB Checks (yourself and other researchers)


You may choose to add:
A literature review
Copies of approvals from University, NHS or other RGF panels

Letters confirming sponsorship and academic support
A communication and dissemination plan for the final report

Other documents that will support your application.
7. Start to complete the online application form; you can stop at any time and save your form, returning to it later.

8. Check that your proposal and application will satisfy the checklist on the ‘research proposal guide’ page.

9. Prior to submitting an application, call the Research Governance Co-ordinator and give notice of its arrival.

10. Print off the completed application form and send it with all of the documents to the Research Governance Co-ordinator.


The contact details are:

Martin Johnson
Partnership Manager (RGF Lead)
County Hall
High Street
Newport
Isle of Wight
PO30 2EA

Telephone: 01983 823825
mailto:[email protected]



Page last updated on: 12/10/2009