These fees are for EH Research/Ethics/Governance fees, only, they are unrelated to Site, Start Up, Pharmacy, Patient fees etc. These fees are for review and not for approval, please refer to the correct section of CTRA where applicable. Overdue fees will incur sanctions on the research and potentially other research related to the sponsor and/or research group

  • Ethical Review Manager (ERM) (New Governance/Ethics Submissions, formerly Online Forms)
  • For ERM assistance please refer to https://www.clinicaltrialsandresearch.vic.gov.au/ethical-review-manager where you will find help, training and a copy of the Application User Guide which will take you through ERM including:
    • Creation of New ERM Accounts (Section 1)
    • New and Post Approval Submissions
    • Legacy Application Replacement Form (LARF – For studies not already registered on ERM) Section 12). Essentially all studies are, or will need, to be registered on ERM
    • Progress Reporting (Section 15)
  • Annual and Final Reporting of research is to be submitted via ERM only, previous forms are now obsolete and cannot be accepted. Assistance with reporting can be found within Section 15 of the Applicant User Guide.
  • The Eastern Health Office of Research and Ethics are users of ERM, as applicants are, we are not the developers, owners or control ERM, so any technical or user issues, need to be to directed here Ethical Review Manager – Clinical Trials and Research under ERM Help. This includes, but is not limited to (a) Signing up to ERM (b) Unable to access (c) “I can’t see my project” etc. Our office cannot see anything during the actual application process, only once it is submitted.

Please note all Low and Negligible Risk Applications are now to be submitted via Ethical Review Manager (ERM) only. Please refer to ERM directions above, Obsolete forms will be returned

(All relevant documents are to be submitted to [email protected])