Policies and Procedures

Procedure for Ethics Approval

All research undertaken at Aga Khan University Institute for Educational Development (AKU-IED), follows the policies and guidelines set by AKU-ERC.  For Investigators at AKU-IED to obtain the ethics approval from ERC-URC the following procedure has to be followed.

1. Down load the ERC Application Form and related guidelines available at http://www.aku.edu/res-office/res-erc-guidelines.shtml
   
2. Submit a completed ERC Application Form and related documents to chair ERC-IED.  He/she will  provide comment  and feedback on the readiness of the forms submission to ERC-URC
   
3. Please build in about two weeks of turn around time before the last date of submission to AKU-ERC
   
4. Once feedback is received from the chair ERC-IED submit a complete set of documents to AKU-ERC through the office of the secretary AKU-ERC
   
5. It is the responsibility of the principal investigator in each case to ensure that the timelines and other guidelines provided by AKU-ERC
   
6. ERC-URC will communicate the decision to the principal investigators.
   
7. The principal investigators must communicate the decision to RAPS programme office so that a letter of release of funds may be issued
   
8. Doctoral students will also follow the same procedure as noted above
   
9. Ethics approval for masters and diploma students is also given by AKU-ERC but is routed through the office of the academic administration
   

Download ERC policies and guidelines | Download ERC application form