Before you can collect data you usually need ethics approval, and increasingly a data management plan. We help you prepare clear, complete submissions that anticipate what committees and funders look for.
Ethics and compliance work has two sides. Ethics applications to an IRB or research ethics committee explain risks, benefits, consent, confidentiality and participant protections, supported by consent forms and participant information sheets written in plain language. Data management plans set out how data will be collected, stored, protected, shared and preserved, often to a funder's template, and must reflect data-protection law such as the GDPR where it applies.
The two are closely linked: what you promise participants on the consent form must match what the data management plan says will happen to their data. Only your committee or funder can approve a submission, and we do not give legal advice, but we help you meet the stated requirements and keep your documents consistent.
Support preparing ethics committee or IRB submissions, informed consent forms and participant information sheets, and responses to reviewer conditions. You submit; we help you get the documents right.
Drafting and reviewing data management plans for funders and institutions, and aligning your data handling with data protection principles, from collection through sharing and archiving.
Tell us what you’re working on and where you’re stuck. We’ll recommend the right kind of help and send a quote.