The Integrated Research Application System (IRAS) is a single system for applying for Health Research Authority (HRA) permissions and approvals for health and social care or community care research in the UK. IRAS enables you to enter information about your project once instead of duplicating information in separate application forms and uses filters to ensure that the data collected and collated is appropriate to the type of study, and consequently the permissions and approvals required.
New IRAS users can findon the IRAS site. To determine if your study needs NHS REC review, please use the . Please note, this tool is for REC decisions only - you may still require HRA approval.
If you are unsure whether you should complete and IRAS form, please check with your supervisor in the first instance, and then your Associate Head of School (RKE) or the Research Environment and Integrity Manager. is very informative.
Once you have completed your application, please send the following documentation to ethicssupport@northumbria.ac.uk, and they will contact the University sponsor to sign your application:
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- Any other supporting documentation, including your Organisation Information Document (OID) and Schedule of Events (SoE or SoECAT)
After you have approval from IRAS, please follow the ֲýƵ Ethics Online System process for IRAS submissions - please see the guidance on our Training and Guidance page about how to submit an application.
Required certificates for the IRAS form can be found in the at the (staff access only).
Page last updated 29/05/26
