Research Ethics Committee deadlines
Please find below dates for submissions of paperwork to the University Research Ethics Committee (UREC) for 2026-27 and expected response times.
Please note that every effort will be made to send out responses as soon as possible after the meeting. These are sent out via email to the PI, so please make sure you include your email address on your submission.
| Application deadline | UREC meeting | Outcome notification |
| 28 August 2026 | 9 September 2026 | 18 September 2026 |
| 25 September 2026 | 7 October 2026 | 16 October 2026 |
| 23 October 2026 | 4 November 2026 | 13 November 2026 |
| 20 November 2026 | 2 December 2026 | 11 December 2026 |
| 18 December 2026 | 6 January 2027 | 15 January 2027 |
| 22 January 2027 | 3 February 2027 | 12 February 2027 |
| 19 February 2027 | 3 March 2027 | 12 March 2027 |
| 19 March 2027 | 7 April 2027 | 16 April 2027 |
| 23 April 2027 | 5 May 2027 | 14 May 2027 |
| 21 May 2027 | 2 June 2027 | 11 June 2027 |
| 25 June 2027 | 7 July 2027 | 16 July 2027 |
Abbe Davy, Secretary to the Research Ethics Committee
Last updated 18 August 2026
Please be aware there is no scheduled UREC meeting in August 2027. The next submission deadline will be 20 August 2027, ahead of the September 2027 UREC meeting. If this does present an issue with the timeline of a particular project, please contact UREC to discuss the possibility of an ad hoc review.