Ethics

Research Ethics Preparation Checklist

Create a tailored pre-submission checklist covering consent, confidentiality, vulnerable groups, data protection, recruitment and risk.

Build your plan

Human participants?

Sensitive personal data?

Vulnerable participants?

Audio/video recording?

Online recruitment?

External organisation access?

Complete the fields above, then generate your result.

Next step

Combine the tool with other planning resources or human support.

Turn decisions into dated milestones.

Check alignment between questions, data and design.

Discuss the decisions with a suitable specialist.