Fast-track application process
Our School’s Research Ethics Committee allows for fast-track consideration of eligible applications. These applications are reviewed in the same manner as standard applications, but outside the scheduled meetings.
Eligible grounds for fast-track review include:
- Projects where the sole method of data collection is by anonymous questionnaire/survey involving respondents over the age of eighteen
- Minor amendments or extensions of projects which have already been granted ethical approval by the SLSCS REC
- Urgent applications by SLSCS staff members involved in externally-funded research projects.
Application for fast-track ethics approval involves the applicant submitting a completed standard application form, along with supporting documents (e.g. questionnaire etc.), to the Research Ethics Committee.
An electronic version of your application, compiled as a single PDF document, must be submitted to the School of Linguistics Speech and Communication Sciences. The email address for the School is: REC_SLSCS@tcd.ie.
Please note that in the case of fast-track applications which, in the opinion of the Chair or a reviewer, require further ethical scrutiny and consideration by the REC, the Chair will present the application to the full REC for review at the next scheduled meeting.