CHESREC Meeting Dates

CHESREC will meet once a term, when they will consider applications for Stage 3: Full Review.

Please contact the Chair to discuss whether your application needs the full committee review, and ensure that your full application package is submitted at least one week before the committee meeting date, or they may not be added to the agenda papers. A Stage 3 review may be completed outside of the termly committee meetings, although this will be discretionary. 

Otherwise, applications that have been self-assessed as Stage 2: Proportionate Review may be submitted at any time during the year.

Note that both Stage 2 and Stage 3 reviews involve the same application form, with slightly different timelines for the review committee process.

The review of either a Stage 2 or Stage 3 application takes an average of 3 weeks, with additional time for modification following the review process, so please factor this time into your research schedule.

We do not provide retrospective ethics reviews.

Meeting dates for 2025-26

• Michaelmas Term | Monday 27 October 2025
• Lent Term | Thursday 29 January 2026
• Easter Term | Thursday 21 May 2026
• Summer | tbc

For enquiries, contact: chesrec@admin.cam.ac.uk