Review the samples and revise them to the context of your project.
Recruitment materials
Recruitment materials are used to invite people to participate in your study.
Information-consent letters and forms
An information-consent letter is used most often to inform a potential participant about a research study and to document a participant's agreement to take part in the study.
Guide to creating an information letter and consent form
Sample information letters and consent forms
Feedback and appreciation letters and documents
A feedback letter or letter of appreciation is one method by which researchers can express appreciation and possibly provide further information on the study and preliminary findings.
Other supporting materials
Confidentiality agreement or declaration of non-disclosure
Researchers are responsible for the confidentiality of the information collected in their study.
If there is an interpreter, transcriber, research assistant who is involved in data collection or is privy to confidential information, the researcher should require the person to sign a confidentiality statement. A research group or lab may want to consider requesting all students, staff, and faculty sign a declaration of non-disclosure.
Confidentiality statement for research assistants, interviewers, or transcribers (DOCX)
Non-disclosure declaration (DOCX)
Clinical trial agreement
Waterloo researchers looking to obtain a copy of the Waterloo model multi-site clinical trials agreement when Waterloo is the sponsor contact Leslie Copp, Director, Funding Agencies and Non-profit sponsors, Office of Research, ext. 36040.
Health status form
Participant exclusion criteria may need to be considered due to, for example, physiological, psychological, emotional, and social risks/stressors related to a study’s procedures. A health status form may need to be used in these situations and tailored to the researcher’s study.
Health status form (DOCX)
Updated November 2024