The Research Ethics and Biosafety Committees serves as Colegio San Agustin-Bacolod’s institutional mechanism for ensuring that all research involving human participants, animals, biological materials, hazardous agents, and other biosafety-related concerns is conducted responsibly, ethically, and in compliance with national and international standards.
Anchored on the school’s commitment to academic integrity, human dignity, environmental stewardship, and social responsibility, this section provides information on the institutional review processes, policies, guidelines, application procedures, and requirements for ethical and biosafety clearance. It supports researchers in safeguarding the rights, welfare, and safety of research participants while promoting responsible research practices and regulatory compliance.
Through the Research Ethics Committee (REC) and the Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC), CSA-B ensures that research activities uphold the highest standards of scientific rigor, ethical accountability, and biosafety.
These committees review research protocols to protect participants, researchers, the community, and the environment while fostering a culture of responsible innovation and scholarly excellence.
This section also serves as a resource for faculty, students, and external researchers by providing access to ethics and biosafety policies, application forms, review schedules, standard operating procedures, and other relevant documents necessary for the ethical conduct of research.
By integrating ethical governance and biosafety oversight into the research process, Colegio San Agustin-Bacolod affirms its commitment to producing research that is credible, responsible, socially responsive, and aligned with the Augustinian values of Unitas, Veritas, and Caritas.
Research Ethics Committee
Institutional Biosafety Commitee