Points to Consider in Applications

1. At least one of the researchers must be a KAYU staff member and/or student.
2. The form must be completed in full.

Failure to provide the required information in the ethics committee application form or omitting some sections will result in your application not being considered for review.

3. The start and end dates of the study refer to the start and end dates of the data collection process. The study cannot begin before obtaining ethics committee approval. The start date of data collection should be planned to occur after receiving ethics committee approval.
4. In the application form (in the purpose, scope, and method sections), literature references should be cited. The bibliography should be provided after the methods section, following the citation order system (e.g., APA7, Vancouver, etc.), under the title "References."
5. The method section must be written clearly and in detail. Information about the research method (qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods, etc.) and the universe and sampling methods should be provided.
6. It should be specified how the data will be collected (e.g., survey, scale, observation, interview), detailed information about the measurement tools to be used in data collection should be given, and an example of the data collection tools (scale, interview questions, etc.) should be attached to the ethics committee approval form.
7. Brief information should be provided about how the data will be analyzed.
8. If necessary, permissions for the use of measurement tools should be obtained from the owners, developers, and copyright holders, and these permissions should be presented in the appendices section.
9. The procedures in the research (reaching participants, data collection, application/therapy, etc.) should be explained in detail.
10. In case of reapplication following a decision that "The project needs to be developed in terms of ethics," the reasons for rejection in the previous application and all modifications/changes made in the second application should be detailed in a separate document from the ethics committee approval form. This revised application file will be re-evaluated by the ethics committee.

As a final decision, it will be decided whether "The project is found to be ethically appropriate (APPROVED)" or "The project is not found to be ethically appropriate (REJECTED)." If a rejection is given again in the second evaluation, other applications made under the same title and subject will not be accepted by the committee.

Additionally, to track changes in the ethics committee application form, modifications made in the second application should be written in red.

11. If necessary, an informed consent form should be prepared for the participants and attached to the application form. The consent form should inform whether any payment will be made or requested from the participant. If it is planned to include volunteers under the age of 18 in the study, an additional child assent form and a parent/guardian consent form should also be prepared.
12. The consent form should be arranged on a single page, with signatures and the consent text on the same page.
13. Identity information should not be collected from participants. If such information is required in the informed consent form, these forms should be collected and stored separately from the documents in which participant information is obtained, and this process should be specified in the ethics committee application form.
14. If necessary, permission should be obtained from the institution where the research will be conducted (e.g., Ministry of Health, Ministry of National Education, Private Institution Management) or it should be stated in the ethics committee application form that permission will be obtained later.
15. In studies involving interventions, therapy, etc., the same intervention opportunities should be offered to control group participants at the end of the study.
16. In studies involving sensitive groups (children, pregnant women, adolescents, individuals with disabilities, specific diagnostic groups, etc.), additional precautions should be taken, and these measures should be specified in the application form.
17. In retrospective studies conducted using documents, records, etc., institutional permission should be obtained, or it should be stated in the application form that permission will be obtained.
18. If the study involves participants, the number of participants should be specified in the application form.
19. If the study includes a procedure requiring expertise, at least one of the researchers must be competent in this field. Additionally, if the applicant is a thesis student and the study includes procedures requiring expertise, this individual must document their competence to perform the procedure.
20. If any changes have been made during the research process (e.g., change of center, addition or removal of researchers, deviation from the specified data collection dates), an application should be made to the ethics committee with a petition, and information should be provided.
21. Except for the consent form, all documents should be written in Times New Roman, 12-point font, and 1.5 line spacing.