Application forms

Human Biomaterials Resource Centre Application Forms

Biobanking @ Birmingham
Application forms

You are strongly encouraged to discuss your needs with the HBRC team before submitting an application.

Please ensure your application is in line with the HBRC Access Policy [PDF, 295 Kb].

Forms should be emailed to the addressees shown in the forms themselves. You are strongly encouraged to discuss your needs with the HBRC team first.

The New Application form is for projects intending to produce discovery results, and/or which require >5 donors, and/or which require clinical data to be associated with samples.

The Method Validation form is for projects intending to use a small amount of readily-available material as technique controls, or to establish the basic validity of a technique, using material from 5 donors or fewer, with no clinical data permitted beyond a confirmation that samples meet the selection criteria.

The Application Amendment form is to request an amendment to either a “full” application or a method validation, once initial approval has been received.

The Application Extension form is to request an extension of the length of a project's approval.