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R&D Office submission

It is essential to submit an application to the JRMO before you submit to the ethics committee seeking approval.

This is because The East London and the City Research Ethics Committee requires a letter of provisional R&D approval from R&D and, if applicable, a letter of sponsorship approval to include with your application.

When you have received a favourable opinion from the ethics committee, you should forward a copy of the approval letter to us so we can provide you with final R&D approval. No aspect of the study may begin within the Trust or School before you have the final approval letter.

For every project you wish to submit to R&D, please send both electronic and signed hard copies of the following documents to the R&D Office:

• Completed NRES ethics application form (Parts A, B and SSI with relevant signatures on the hard copy) or the IRAS R&D Form.
• All supporting documents, such as patient information sheet, consent form, GP letter, questionnaire, peer review etc.
• Short, signed copy of Principal Investigator's CV.
• One copy of the Research Proposal/Protocol for BLT/QMUL sponsored trials. Templates for both CTIMP and Non-CTIMP trials are available: 

Download CTIMP Protocol Template
Download Non-CTIMP Protocol Template 
(Non-CTIMPs can vary considerably and The Research Support Unit can provide advice where needed)

• One Appendix setting out the study team to accompany the Research Proposal/Protocol. Here are templates for both CTIMP and non-CTIMP trials:
  Download CTIMP study team contacts
  Download Non-CTIMP study team contacts
• If you wish the Trust or University to sponsor your study, a completed and signed Conditions of Sponsorship Agreement (download below).

• If the study is a clinical trial, we also need a copy of the Clinical Trials Authorisation (CTA) from the MHRA. Read more>>

Please note that when submitting documents they should be in ".doc", ".xls", or ".pdf" format. We are not yet operating in Windows 2007!

Study submission documents should be sent to: researchsubmissions@bartshealth.nhs.uk

Study amendments should be sent to: researchamendments@bartshealth.nhs.uk

or by post to:

Joint Research Management Office
Lower Ground Floor
Queen Mary's Innovation Centre
5 Walden Street
Whitechapel
London
E1 2EF

When the study has been finally approved by the Joint R&D it will be registered on the joint R&D database.

The Joint Research Management Office has developed a checklist to make sure all the right documents are there when submitting a research project to R&D.

Download JRMO Document Checklist

Useful documents and information:

Download BLT Conditions of Sponsorship - CTIMP

Download BLT Conditions of Sponsorship - Non CTIMP

Download ELFT Conditions of Sponsorship - Non CTIMP 

Download QMUL Conditions of Sponsorship - CTIMP

Download QMUL Conditions of Sponsorship - Non CTIMP

Download BLT Conditions of Legal Representative Agreement.