Important notice:
Reduced activity period between Saturday 15 December 2025 and Tuesday 9 January 2026.
Urgent requests for amendments or extensions to the period of ethical approval need to be submitted by Friday 5 December 2025.
For all new requests, including applications, resubmissions, amendments or requests for extensions to the period of ethics approval, received after Friday 5 December 2025 will be held over for review in early 2026.
Applications that are being submitted for full review by the Departments of Defence and Veterans’ Affairs Human Research Ethics Committee (DDVA HREC) are to be emailed to the DDVA HREC Secretariat by close of business, as per the submission closing dates below.
Out-of-session reviews, including applications for lower risk research and quality assurance and evaluation activities, can be submitted at any time.
| Meeting date | Submission (New Application) for Full HREC Review Closing Date | Resubmission For Full HREC Review closing date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 December 2025 | 3 November 2025 | 10 November 2025 |
| 2 February 2026 | 9 January 2026 | 9 January 2026 |
| 16 March 2026 | 13 February 2026 | 20 February 2026 |
| 11 May 2026 | 10 April 2026 | 17 April 2026 |
| 22 June 2026 | 22 May 2026 | 29 May 2026 |
| 3 August 2026 | 3 July 2026 | 10 July 2026 |
| 14 September 2026 | 14 August 2026 | 21 August 2026 |
| 26 October 2026 | 25 September 2026 | 2 October 2026 |
| 7 December 2026 | 6 November 2026 | 13 November 2026 |