Peer Review Committee

The NHMRC National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research strongly supports the role of peer-review in the process of assessing prospective research projects involving human participants. As a contributor to the national and international innovation systems, UWS strongly supports the National Statement's endorsement of the role of peer review in defining research and ensuring research merit and integrity. This web page contains information about the Peer Review Committees (PRC’s) at UWS. You may jump ahead to any of the following points on the page:

• Peer Review for Research Merit and Integrity   
• Ethics and the Peer Review Committee   
• College Contacts 

There are four PRCs at UWS:

• College of Arts PRC
• College of Business PRC
• College of Health and Science PRC
• Divisional PRC

Peer Review for Research Merit and Integrity

Peer Review Committees examine the research merit and integrity of all unfunded research projects involving human participants, excluding research candidate projects. Research candidate projects are excepted because they go through a quality review process as part of their Measures of Achievement and Confirmation of Candidature.

PRCs bring together experienced and research active UWS staff from across the broad disciplines to examine the research merit and integrity of a range of unfunded staff and student projects involving human participants. The College PRCs are chaired by the College Associate Dean Research or their nominee. The Divisional PRC is chaired by the PVC – Research.

Each Peer Review Committee also reviews the research merit and integrity of all Undergraduate Honours projects and any Postgraduate Coursework projects involving human participants. For projects involving human participants, PRCs also have the responsibility of considering the risk implications of proposed human research studies. 

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Ethics and the Peer Review Committee

UWS uses the National Ethics Application Form (NEAF) developed by the ARC, NHMRC and AVCC available at the NEAF website. NEAF requires that student applications are submitted by the student's supervisor.

If your research is unfunded you should forward your ethics application to the relevant PRC.

If you are a student (Postgraduate Coursework or 4th year Honours), your supervisor must submit the application to the relevant College PRC.

There may be a number of core attachments, in addition to the application form (NEAF), that will be needed to complete your human ethics application. For more information please see Applying for Human Ethics.

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College Contacts

College of Arts 
Send electronic copy to Sue Bell and the signed original of NEAF
c/- Associate Dean, Research,
Dean's Unit
Building 1
Bankstown campus
» Important information for COA Applications

College of Business 
Send electronic copy to College of Business and the signed original of NEAF c/- Dr Anneke Fitzgerald
Research Studies Co-ordinator
College of Business
Building 11, room 35
Campbelltown campus

College of Health and Science 
Send electronic copy to College of Health and Science Peer Review Committee and the signed original of NEAF c/- Lynn Jackson, College Manager,
Dean's Unit,
Building 3, Level 1
Campbelltown campus

Divisional Peer Review Committee
Send electronic copy to T.Hobson@uws.edu.au and the signed original of NEAF to Divisional PRC c/- Tanya Hobson
Office of the PVC- Research, Building AD
Werrington North campus

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