Students are required to obtain an ethics certificate for their thesis projects from the Queen’s University Health Sciences Research Ethics Board no later than October 31 of second year for Full-Time Students; as per plan of study for Part-time Students. 

Applications for ethics clearance is through an online system called ROMEO. The Research Ethics Board meets most months to review submissions. See http://www.queensu.ca/urs/ethics/general-research-ethics-board-greb for further information including submission and meeting dates.