Seeking Approvals
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The Route Maps cover a diversity of research, and so stations that are not relevant for your project can be excluded, e.g. ‘HFEA licence' is only required for embryo research.
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- Which approvals are needed?
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These stations are processes that can be done in parallel
- [Legal requirement] Ethical approval
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[Legal requirement]
NIGB approval
(If using identifiable information without consent, in England and Wales.)
- [Standard process] Privacy Advisory Committees
- [Legal requirement] HTA licence
- [Legal requirement] HFEA licence
- [Standard process] Approval for access to existing collections
- [Standard process] R&D management permissions
- [Standard process] Approvals and permissions obtained
- [Standard process] Finalise study documentation
