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Community Engagement
World Water Week World Water Week is an annual global event focused on addressing water-related challenges and solutions. It is typically held in the last week of August, and in 2024 the Water Research Group (WRG) decided to acknowledge it in three different events. The first event was a collaborative effort initiated and organised by the…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/zoology/contact-us
Contact Us
Subject Head: Professor Ché Weldon Professor +27 18 299 2375 Che.Weldon@nwu.ac.za Building G23A, Room 216 Potchefstroom Campus North-West University Potchefstroom 2531 Ms Heleen Vermeulen Administrative Officer: Zoology +27 18 299 2524 Heleen.Vermeulen@nwu.ac.za Building G23A, Office 206 Potchefstroom…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/faculty-natural-and-agricultural-sciences-research-ethics-committee-fnasrec/adep-system
ADEP System
Welcome to the newly developed ADEP System ADEP is an online solution designed to streamline the process of capturing, approving, and monitoring research ethics applications. To access the system, please register by emailing your name, surname, student or staff number, and email address to Mrs Madelien Burgers at madelien.burgers@…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/faculty-natural-and-agricultural-sciences-research-ethics-committee-fnasrec/no-risk-or-low-risk
No risk or Low risk
Is my study a No risk or a Low risk study? FNASREC deals with zero/ no-risk and low-risk studies in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences that are not health-related. The scientific review committee (internal committee in a School or Department that are subject matter experts) plays a central role in ensuring that the quality…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/faculty-natural-and-agricultural-ethics-office/my-study-no-risk-or-low-risk
Is my study No risk or Low risk?
Is my study a No-risk or a Low-risk study? FNASREC deals with zero/ no-risk and low-risk studies in the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences that are not health-related. The scientific review committee (internal committee in a School or Department that are subject matter experts) plays a central role in ensuring that the quality and…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/faculty-natural-and-agricultural-sciences-research-ethics-committee-fnasrec/training
Training
1. TRREE - Training and Resources in Research Ethics Evaluation (recommended) TRREE aims to provide basic training, while building capacities, on the ethics of research involving humans so that research meets the highest standards of ethics and promotes the welfare of participants. TRREE achieves this goal primarily by developing a…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/faculty-natural-and-agricultural-sciences-research-ethics-committee-fnasrec/nwu-fnasrec-membership
NWU FNASREC Membership List
NWU FNASREC Membership List EMAIL ADDRESS AFFILIATED ENTITY CAPACITY IN COMMITTEE CAMPUS Prof Nomali Ngobese nomali.ngobese@nwu.ac.za Agronomy Chairperson/EMELTEN-REC Representative…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/faculty-natural-and-agricultural-sciences-research-ethics-committee-fnasrec/meeting-schedule-2024
Meeting Schedule 2024
Feedback on an application that is served at a specific meeting is usually received within 3 business days. Urgent applications can be accommodated in an ad-hoc manner where strong motivation is submitted. For example, applications that are submitted during the December-January period when there are no scheduled meetings.http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/faculty-natural-and-agricultural-sciences-research-ethics-committee-fnasrec/contact-us
Contact us
Prof Nomali Ngobese Chairperson Nomali.ngobese@nwu.ac.za Building E4, Room G47 Potchefstroom Mrs Madelien Burgers Administrative Officer Madelien.Burgers@nwu.ac.za Building E4, Room G15 Potchefstroom…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/faculty-natural-and-agricultural-sciences-research-ethics-committee-fnasrec/application-process
Application Process
Follow the process below to obtain an ethics number: The student/researcher (applicant) conceptualises the research study in alignment with the ADEP proposal template (…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/faculty-natural-and-agricultural-sciences-research-ethics-committee-fnasrec/welcome-fnasrec
Welcome to FNASREC
Overview All research conducted at the university requires ethics clearance, as mandated by section 4.11.4 of the General Academic Rules, approved on 16 November 2023. The NWU policy stipulates that all research, including MSc and PhD student projects, and any research conducted by staff and post-doctoral associates, whether…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/faculty-natural-and-agricultural-sciences-research-ethics-committee-fnasrec/other-recs
Other RECs
Other NWU Research Ethics Committees (RECs) (http://services.nwu.ac.za/research-support/research-ethics) North-West University Animal Production Research Ethics Committee (AnimProdREC) Registered with the National Health Research Ethics Council (NHREC) Handles all research ethics applications relating to animals and…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/faculty-natural-and-agricultural-sciences-research-ethics-committee-fnasrec/complaints-procedure
Complaints Procedure
In order to ensure transparency and expediency within the Ethics Office, as well as the ethics committees that it supports, there is a very clear procedure that is in place, when a complaint is received There are three types of complaints: Complaints from researchers about a member of the NWU-FNASREC itself…http://natural-sciences.nwu.ac.za/faculty-natural-and-agricultural-sciences-research-ethics-committee-fnasrec/whistleblowing