RESEARCH ​

Role: Oversee research policy development and implementation

Operations:

• Develop research policies
• Monitor institutional research performance
• Facilitate internal/external collaborations facilitation
• Manage strategic grant alignment & identification
• Supervise networking with industry
• Manage events
• Oversee ethical compliance and ethical collaboration

Role: Manage research grants and administrative operations


Operations:

• Administer RMC operations

• Monitor compliance and documentation & insitutional reporting

• Secretariat for ELMU research committee, ethics committee & MyRA

• Review grant eligibility

• Manage compliance checks

Role: Manage research data, performance evaluation & publication

Operations:

• Assessing and monitoring research performance & publication

• Identify and monitor grant opportunities

• Maintain research status dashboard

• Manage ELMU Press for publications

• Coordinate data integration with institutional ranking systems

Role: Manage IP and technology transfer processes


Operations:

• Assess technology & market readiness

• IP identification and assessment

• IP documentation & compliance

• Conduct IP training & awareness

• Manage technology transfer

The Research Ethics Committee (REC-ELMU) is a subcommittee under the ELMU Research Committee responsible for reviewing and approving research involving human participants to ensure it complies with ethical standards. The committee ensures that research proposals meet the necessary ethical requirements to protect the rights, dignity, and welfare of participants while promoting scientific integrity and accountability

ELMU Ethics Guidelines and Forms

The Research Ethics Committee (REC-ELMU)

• Responsible for drafting, updating, and providing relevant research ethics guidelines for ELMU. These guidelines ensure that researchers adhere to ethical standards in the design, conduct, and reporting of research involving human participants.
• Reviewing research proposals includes reviewing research methodologies, data collection  methods, informed consent forms, and risk assessments.
• The REC-ELMU is responsible for discussing and resolving any ethical issues that arise during the review of a research proposal. This involves evaluating potential risks to participants, ensuring that participants’ rights are protected, and addressing any concerns related to privacy, confidentiality, or the integrity of the research process.
• Based on the discussion and resolution of ethical issues, the REC-ELMU makes a final decision on whether the research proposal is:
  • APPROVED: The proposal is ethically sound and can proceed as planned.
  • MINOR MODIFICATION: The proposal requires minor revisions or clarifications before approval.
  •  MAJOR MODIFICATION: The proposal has substantive ethical or methodological issues requiring significant revision and re-review.
  • DISAPPROVED: The proposal raises significant ethical concerns that cannot be resolved through amendments, and the research cannot proceed in its current form.
• Ensure that research complies with ethical principles such as respect for persons, beneficence, and justice, as well as compliance with local, national, and international ethical guidelines.
• Overseeing the ethical conduct of approved studies by requiring regular reports from researchers, particularly for studies with ongoing participant involvement.
• The REC-ELMU serves as an advisory body to researchers, providing guidance on ethical issues and helping researchers design studies that minimise risk and maximise benefit to participants.
• Ensuring that the research process is transparent and that ethical considerations are documented at all stages of the research.