RIDS | Tygerberg Doctoral Office
PhD Proposal Review
Each PhD student in the FMHS is required to present the PhD research proposal / protocol to a review panel, and afterwards, to make all the changes required by the panel in order to finalise the proposal for compulsory submission to an SU Research Ethics Committee.
- The student refers to FMHS Doctoral Proposal Writing Guide and works closely with the supervisor/s to complete a well-supported and polished research protocol, ideally within five to six months;
- Consult the Biostatistics Unit / Animal Research Facility, if relevant;
- When ready for review, main internal supervisor completes their sections of the
Form A3 review checklist; and attaches CVs of the student and any proposed external supervisors and/or review panel members, together with any pre-existing ethics approval/s;
- Divisional head to approve the panel and draft Form A3 before review date is set and review chair distributes documents to the approved panel with 2 weeks' notice.
After successful completion of the review, the main, internal supervisor emails the following five
PDF-format documents to the Tygerberg Doctoral Office (
tyg-phd@sun.ac.za) in a
single email, copying the candidate:
- Supervisor confirmation that all review requirements were met
- Fully completed and signed
Form A3 review checklist
- Summary report by review chair
or all reviewer reports
- Final, edited proposal for ethics submission
- Turnitin report on the final proposal (similarity score of no more than 15%)
