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Meeting dates

  • All projects that require full review by The Royal Children’s Hospital HREC must be submitted using the below deadlines.

    Low and Negligible Risk (LNR) projects and Governance Only (SSA) applications may be submitted at any time; there are no closing dates for these types of applications.

    If the project requires review by the Drug Trial Subcommittee or an independent expert reviewer, this will occur between the submission deadline and HREC meeting and will not require any change to the below schedule.

    2026

    Submission Closing Date HREC Meeting Date
    16 January - 10 am 
    		 2 February
    13 February - 10 am 
    		 2 March
    13 March - 10 am 
    		 30 March 
    10 April - 10 am
    		 27 April
    8 May - 10 am 
    		 25 May
    5 June - 10 am 
    		 22 June
    3 July - 10 am  20 July
    31 July - 10 am 
    		 17 August
    28 August - 10 am  14 September 
    24 September - 10 am - Thurs
    		12 October
    23 October - 10 am 9 November
    20 November - 10 am  7 December