Barwon Health Research - ERM Guidance

ERM Guidance

Ethical Review Manager (ERM) Quick links to Guides & Tools

What is ERM?

Ethics Review Manager (ERM) is a paperless information management system for completion, submission and storage of:

Ethics applications
Research governance/site specific assessment (SSA) applications
Post approval (ethics) forms
Post authorisation (research governance) forms

The communication features of ERM ensure that the entire life-cycle of a research project can be managed within the ERM system.

All submissions must be submitted via ERM (please do not submit items for review via email). All approval letters, authorisation letters, acknowledgements, requests and feedback are provided within ERM to ensure all study documentation and correspondence is stored in one place.

The Victorian Government Coordinating Office for Research, now ‘Clinical Trials and Research’ has a new ERM webpage that has extensive guidance on ERM for researchers, including a series of ERM video tutorials and quick tips. This is a great place to start if you are new to ERM.

I'm not sure if my project is on ERM. How can I find out?

Please contact the RDU at [email protected] so we can do a search for you. If the project was initially submitted via Online Forms, the project has been migrated to ERM and we may need to organise for the project to be transferred to you.

What if my project isn't on ERM and I need to submit an amendment, report or safety item?

A Legacy Application Replacement Form (LARF) should first be completed on ERM (consult the RDU first before completing). Once completed, a 'sub-form' can be created in order to submit the required post-approval item. See instructions on 'How to Create a LARF and Submit Post Approval Items' at the top of this page.