The Departments of Defence and Veterans’ Affairs (DDVA) Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) monitors all approved research projects in accordance with the approved research protocol as per the requirements of the National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research (2023).
Further details on monitoring requirements can be found in the DDVA HREC Standard Operating Procedures.
DDVA HREC Standard Operating Procedures (PDF, 413.36 KB)
Report templates
Progress report
Progress Reports are to be submitted to the DDVA HREC annually for the duration of a project.
Progress report template (DOCX, 57.17 KB)
Deviation report
The DDVA HREC is to be notified of project deviations by the Principal Investigator.
Deviation report template (DOCX, 45.95 KB)
Final report
On completion or abandonment of a research project, a final report is to be submitted to the DDVA HREC to finalise completion of the study.
Final report template (DOCX, 44.8 KB)
Amendments and extensions
If an amendment to the original research project is to be made, after DDVA HREC approval has been given, an amendment request is to be submitted by the Principle Investigator to the DDVA HREC for out of session review.
The DDVA HREC will not grant retrospective approval for amendments to research projects.
Extension to ethical approval are to be made using the amendment request template prior to the expiration of ethics approval.
Amendment request template (DOCX, 46.81 KB)
Adverse and serious adverse events
The DDVA HREC must be notified of:
- Adverse events within 30 days.
- Serious adverse events within 72 hours.
Adverse and serious adverse events report template (DOCX, 51.11 KB)