Application for Research Studies (non-CTIMP)

Please submit your application through the ICGP Vidatum software four weeks prior to the meeting i.e by the deadline submission date. On receipt of your submission, you will be notified of receipt by email. If you do not receive confirmation within 3 working days please contact us on 01-6763705. 

It is the applicant's responsibility to ensure the online submission is complete i.e contains all relevant documents and is received by the REC administrator, who will be notified of all online submissions, by the advertised closing date. Please see the ICGP Local Committee Checklist below (under 'Application Documents') to ensure you have completed and submitted all required documents. 

Application Fee – Non-clinical trial applications (based on status of PI):

• No fee for non-funded individual member's project or trainee projects
• €350 for individual member with funding and for not-for-profit organisations
• €600 for all other applicants

*For all payment queries please contact research@ICGP.ie

The Health Research Board provides an overview of GDPR and the Health Research Regulations (2018) in order to help researchers in the health domain to comply with requirements. See this link: http://www.hrb.ie/funding/gdpr-guidance-for-researchers/

Application Documents - Mandatory Documents (please see checklist for other documents that are required depending on your study)

• ICGP Radiation-related study declarations (DOC, 51KB)
• ICGP Local Committee Checklist 
• ICGP Local Committee Signatory Page 
• Data Protection Impact Screening 

Forms for REC Notifications / Amendments

• Annual Report Form (DOC, 57KB)
• ICGP REC Clarifications Response Form (PDF, 296KB)
• ICGP REC Amendment form (DOC, 44KB)
• ICGP REC Study Completion Notification Form (DOC, 39KB)

Additional Reference Materials

• RECSAF Listing (PDF, 207KB)
• Excerpt HIQA Dose Constraints 2020 (PDF, 455KB)
• ICGP REC Ethics User Guide - The Applicants Guide - (Submissions & Responses) (PDF, 1.77MB)
• Frequently made mistakes
• DPIA Research Template
• Instructions on how to complete each question in the standard application form
• ICGP Trainee Research Ethics Webinar - External Link
• Sample Research Participant Consent Form
• Sample Research Participant Information Leaflet
• Sample Research Protocol Template (DOC, 336KB)
• How to Write a Research Protocol
• Data Protection Impact Assessments | Data Protection Commissioner
• HRDPN Practical Guide on Data Protection for Health Researchers (PDF, 1.72MB)