Sponsorship from the University of Birmingham is conditional on meeting the requirements of your favourable ethics opinion, any other approvals and the University Code of Practice for Research.
In order to maintain the Sponsorship of your study, please remenber to do the following:
- Send the final submitted documentation set, favourable ethical opinion letter from the Research Ethics Committee (REC) and the HRA approval letter to researchgovernance@contacts.bham.ac.uk, putting your RG number in the subject line.
- Ensure that any substantial amendments are assessed and authorised by the Sponsor office and all stakeholders who initially reviewed the project are kept informed e.g. HRA, MHRA, RECs, NHS Trusts etc.
Detailed guidance on the amendment process is available on the Health Research Authority website and the IRAS site.