Code of Massachusetts Regulations
110 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Title 110 CMR 16.00 - Requests For Research
Section 16.04 - Procedures for Processing Research Proposals
Universal Citation: 110 MA Code of Regs 110.16
Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024
(1) A researcher must contact the Department's Research Review Committee Chair to initiate a research proposal, who will provide the researcher with a copy of the Department research policy.
(2) Research proposals are initially reviewed by the Department for conformity with the following required components:
(a) A
research proposal including at least the following:
1. objective(s) of research;
2. preliminary description of research
methodology;
3. type(s) of data
needed;
4. expected data
source(s);
5. expected end-products
of the research;
6. estimate of
completion times for entire project and principal stages;
(b) letters of approval from the Department
Area Director and/or Regional Director, when the research is anticipated to
have an impact on staff or families in a participating Area and/or Regional
Office;
(c) letters of support from
other involved Department offices or units, agencies, residential facilities,
institutions, or organizations, as available;
(d) resume(s) of principal
researcher(s);
(e) description of
any relevant institutional or organizational involvement;
(f) copies of University and/or Hospital
Human Subjects Committee or Internal Review Board approval of project, if
relevant;
(g) copy of informed
consent form that meets Department approval;
(h) source(s) of funding for
project;
(i) description of
benefits expected to accrue to the Department's families, or staff, or to the
management of service delivery;
(j)
evidence that Department consent and confidentiality requirements will be
maintained; and
(k) an estimate of
staff time and/or other Department resources needed for the project.
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