Documents to be submitted
1.Covering letter signed by the applicant
2.Fully completed application form
3.Research proposal
4.Study instruments (if applicable), – in all three languages
5.Information sheets, and consent forms (if applicable)- in all three languages
- The information sheet in all languages should include the following statement:
“This study has been approved by the Ethics Review Committee of the Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura. If you have any questions or complaints regarding the conduct of the study, please contact the REC Office at erc@sci.sjp.ac.lk”
6.Recommendation of the supervisor (if applicable)
7.Bank receipt
Submission process
Principal Investigator/Applicant should credit the appropriate processing fee (non-refundable) to the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Faculty of Applied Sciences Development Fund at People’s Bank, Gangodawila, Nugegoda.
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- Acc. Name: Research projects and Self Finance Programme, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka
- Acc.Number: 097-100-1700-14075
- Bank: Peoples Bank, Gangodawila Branch
- Bank code: 7135
- Branch Code: 097
- SWIFT CODE: PSBKLKLXThe processing fees are as follows:
- When the principal investigator is an academic of FAS, USJ, and the research is self-funded – Rs.1000/-
- All others where the research is self-funded – Rs 3000/-
- For research funded by funding agencies (i.e. NSF, JICA, UGC, etc) – Rs 5000/-
- Industry-sponsored research – Rs 25,000/-
- Research work originating from outside Sri Lanka – USD 1,000
- The paying slip should be attached to the application at the time of submission.
- All postgraduate student projects must obtain approval from their respective Boards of Study BEFORE submitting an application.
OPENING HOURS FOR SUBMISSION
- ERC Office is located on 2ndfloor of the FAS Building.
- Opening hours: Monday to Friday – 9.00 a.m. – 4.00 p.m.
- Applications and document submissions should be between 9.00am to 11.00am and 2.00pm to 4.00pm.
- If you need to submit applications and documents outside these hours, please contact the office.
- ERC Office: Seminar Room contatcs
- Dr. Anuradha Ariyaratne +94 772264300 (Secretary)
- Ms. Ruwini Hettiarchchige +9477 (Administrative Assistant)
- E-mail : erc@sci.sjp.ac.lk
- Both a soft copy and a hard copy of the application need to be submitted.
- Hard copy : Handover to the ERC office
- Soft copy: Completed and signed applications along with supporting documents to be scanned and saved as a single PDF and e-mail to erc@sci.sjp.ac.lk
- Submission deadline – The ERC committee meets on the second Thursday of every month and the application submission deadline is the last working day of the current month to be taken at the next scheduled meeting.