Ethical research practices are crucial to prevent research abuses and to improve the quality of scientific research. Application for ethical clearance is thus essential in protecting the University of Pretoria (UP), its faculties and researchers from possible legal action.
To achieve these goals, all research projects (undergraduate, postgraduate, or studies by personnel and Postdoctoral applications) in the Faculty of Veterinary Science that involve Research on Animals, the use of animals for teaching purposes, human subjects in research, experimental (laboratory) research, and the use of internal or external data, that may impact on man and animal have to be reviewed by the Research Ethics Committee.
Kindly note that you may not proceed with the research project until ethical approval has been obtained. Please also note that no application will be reviewed after the submission deadline but will stand over until the next meeting.
The application for ethical clearance is fully online.
Online application instructions:
How to get to the online application:
Login to the UP Portal (
www.up.ac.za / MyTUKS Login) on the UP-Staff Portal, UP Student portal and UP Guest Portal, find the “
Research Grants & Ethics section”
Click on the Research Grants & Ethics link
On the Homepage, click on the “Ethics Application & Approval” tile”
The 2024 submission deadlines as well as the committee meeting dates are listed below:
| REC cut off dates |
REC meeting date |
| 12 Jan ‘24 |
30 Jan ‘24 |
| 09 Feb ‘24 |
27 Feb ‘24 |
| 15 Mar /24 |
02 Apr '24 |
| 12 Apr '24 |
30 Apr '24 |
| 10 May '24 |
28 May '24 |
| 14 Jun '24 |
09 Jul '24 |
| 12 Jul '24 |
30 Jul '24 |
| 09 Aug '24 |
27 Aug '24 |
| 13 Sep '24 |
01 Oct '24 |
| 11 Oct '24 |
29 Oct '24 |
| 01 Nov '24 |
19 Nov '24 |
Please also note:
Ethical approval is granted for a one-year duration, thereafter the applicants need to apply for annual renewal.
Post-approval submissions including the application for ethics extension and amendments to the approved application should be submitted online via the ethics work centre.
All REC applications for ethical clearance related to health research will be automatically rerouted to the Health Sciences Research Ethics Committee (HSREC), human research to the Humanities Research Ethics Committee and all Animal related research will be routed to our Animal Ethics Committee
https://www.up.ac.za/animal-ethics-committee-aec for approval once the applications meet the requirements for REC ethical clearance.
Faculty of Veterinary Science Research Ethics Committee
Committee member details are stipulated below:
MORE INFORMATION on ethics in research is available on the website of the Animal Ethics Committee, a subcommittee of the Committee for Research Ethics and Integrity of the University of Pretoria.
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