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AIS Research Review Committee

Ensuring research in Australia's National High Performance Sports System meets the highest scientific standards.

AIS Research Review Committee (RRC)

The AIS Research Review Committee (RRC) assesses the scientific rigour and validity of methods for newly proposed research within the National High Performance Sports System (NHPSS).

Research that meets the criteria for application to the AIS Ethics Committee (EC) must first be reviewed by the RRC.

The RRC provides feedback to assist researchers in meeting the standards for research set by the NHPSS and the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC, opens in a new tab).

AIS Research Review Committee Review: Possible Outcomes

Approved

The RRC Chair will provide a signed RRC review form and invite the applicant to make a submission to the AIS Ethics Committee (EC).

Amendment Required

The RRC will comment on the EC submission form and return it to the applicant with an RRC review form. The applicant will be asked to respond to RRC comments and resubmit their EC submission for a secondary RRC review.

RRC Objectives

The primary objectives of the RRC are:

  • To support the NHPSS to produce high-quality research.
  • To evaluate the scientific and statistical rigour of proposed study design and methodologies against the RRC’s specified criteria.
  • To constructively communicate with researchers on how submissions might be improved to meet the specified criteria.
  • To support the AIS Ethics Committee by providing researchers with a scientific peer review process before submitting for ethics approval.

RRC Review Criteria

The RRC will communicate with the submitting research team to strengthen the methodological and/or statistical quality of their submission.

Submissions will be assessed against Section 3 of the National Statement, opens in a new tab.

The RRC may use the following guidance questions to evaluate the scientific merit of a proposal:

  1. Has the research question been clearly stated?
  2. Does the design and methodology of the study measure the stated objectives?
  3. Are the statistical measures appropriate?
  4. Does the research team have the appropriate support and experience to perform the study?

For further information

Please contact the AIS Research Review Committee Secretariat - researchreview@ausport.gov.au

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