Ethical Review Manager

About the Ethical Review Manager

Ethical Review Manager (ERM) is an online form-based system for creating, submitting and managing research applications in Victoria.

The Applicant user guide to ERM provides Victorian specific guidance on how to use ERM and manage form-based applications.

It supports the full lifecycle of research projects – from application and review to approval/authorisation, reporting and closure – and enables centralised submission across Victorian public health services using ERM.

ERM provides:

• a single system for submitting ethics and governance applications
• consistent processes across organisations
• transparent tracking of application progress
• streamlined communication between applicants, research offices and ethics committees.

Access ERM

Access is via a secure online system and is used by:

• research applicants (researchers, trial coordinators, sponsors, contract research organisations and others) to submit applications for ethics, research governance, ethics post-approval forms and research governance post-authorisation forms
• reviewers (research office administrators and ethics committee members) to manage the review, processing and approval/authorisation of all applications

Applicant login

Existing users

1. Go to the Ethical Review Manager  
2. Click on the landing page login button.
3. Enter your email address and password.
4. Click the login button.

New users

Register for access so you can create and manage applications.  

1. Go to the Ethical Review Manager  
2. Click on the landing page login button.
3. Click on the new user button.
4. Complete the online registration form.

Reviewer login

The reviewer access link is separate from applicant link. Your research office will request the creation of a new reviewer account. 

Victorian public health services using ERM

The following Victorian public health services use ERM to manage ethics and research governance applications.