The Institutional Reseach Committee is a unit under the Office of Research, Innovations and Quality Assurance (RIQA). It is responsible for implementing the research program of the College and monitoring and evaluating its implementation. The main function of the committee is to coordinate the research activities of the difference colleges/units of the College. It operates at the institutional level as a coordinating and deliberating body to implement the direction of all research programs and activities of the institution.
The Collegiate/Departmental Research Committee is composed of selected faculty from the department and being represented by the appointed Research Coordinator of the College/Department
Members | Roles/Responsibilities |
Department Head |
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Research Coordinator |
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Research Adviser |
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Statistician/Editor |
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Research Faculty |
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Another equally important committee in Research is the Committee on Ethics. Primal of the members' responsibility is the "determination" whether the study to be conducted is "ethically and morally sound" based on he SJDCian and Vincential perspectives
For student researches, this Committee shall be composed of three or five members, headed by the Department Head, Ethics Review Board Representative, and the RIQA Director/Representative, the Student Formation Coordinator Discipline and the CVF/RE Director/Representative.
Should the committee be composed of three members only, this must be composed of the Department Head, RIQA Director and the CVF/RE Director/Representative.
For employees' researches, the Ethics Committee shall be composed of at least 3-5 members. Headed by the Ethics Review Board Representative, it will include the Department Head, the Director of the CVF/RE Department/Representative, the Faculty Club President (if faculty is the researcher) or the NTP Club President (if NTP is the researcher), and the RIQA Director.
If the committee will only be composed of three members, it will still be headed by the Ethics Review Board Representative, joined by the RIQA Director and the President of either the Faculty of the NTP Club/Association President.
A certification shall be issued by the Committee as to the ethical and moral soundness of the study to be conducted. This is a paper requirement that needs to be complied with by the student researchers before proceeding with the actual conduct of study. Hence, this is a thesis/research project requirement.
To be issued of a certificate, a copy of the study proposal documents shall be submitted to the committee for review.