<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!DOCTYPE article  PUBLIC '-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN'  'http://www.docbook.org/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd'><article><articleinfo><title>NecessaryFormalities</title><revhistory><revision><revnumber>35</revnumber><date>2022-12-07 10:47:18</date><authorinitials>ClareCook</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>34</revnumber><date>2022-12-07 10:22:09</date><authorinitials>ClareCook</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>33</revnumber><date>2022-12-07 10:20:47</date><authorinitials>ClareCook</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>32</revnumber><date>2022-12-07 10:18:53</date><authorinitials>ClareCook</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>31</revnumber><date>2018-05-10 07:12:26</date><authorinitials>ClareCook</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>30</revnumber><date>2013-03-08 10:02:30</date><authorinitials>localhost</authorinitials><revremark>converted to 1.6 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13:19:44</date><authorinitials>YuryShtyrov</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>5</revnumber><date>2007-05-18 13:16:53</date><authorinitials>YuryShtyrov</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>4</revnumber><date>2007-05-18 13:16:02</date><authorinitials>devel03.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>3</revnumber><date>2007-05-18 13:11:53</date><authorinitials>devel03.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>2</revnumber><date>2007-05-18 13:09:32</date><authorinitials>YuryShtyrov</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>1</revnumber><date>2007-05-18 13:09:11</date><authorinitials>YuryShtyrov</authorinitials></revision></revhistory></articleinfo><section><title>Necessary Formalities</title><section><title>General</title><para>Note that you will need to become a qualified &quot;MEG researcher&quot;, as defined in the <ulink url="https://imaging.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/meg/NecessaryFormalities/meg/StandardOperatingProcedures#">StandardOperatingProcedures</ulink> (SOPS) which you need to read before running any studies in the MEG lab. </para><para> MEG projects should first be discussed in your scientific group, and then presented at a <ulink url="http://intranet.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/home/project-presentation-meeting/#intranet-sp-2-1">PPM</ulink> for feedback about methodological issues. This is a requirement for CBU projects, though not necessarily for externally-funded projects. Then time &quot;slots&quot; should be requested via the MEG form available here <ulink url="https://imaging.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/meg/NecessaryFormalities/meg/RequestForMegSlots#">RequestForMegSlots</ulink> , these should be downloaded, completed and emailed to <ulink url="mailto:mri.admin@mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk">mri.admin@mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk</ulink> to be considered at the next meeting of the IMC <ulink url="http://wiki.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/imaging/ImagingManagementCommittee#">ImagingManagementCommittee</ulink>. The meetings are every month on a Wednesday and you must send the slot request before the Tuesday morning. </para><para> Once your project proposal has been endorsed by the IMC, you can <ulink url="https://imaging.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/meg/NecessaryFormalities/meg/book_your_slots#">book_your_slots</ulink>. Please email or visit the facilities manager or email <ulink url="mailto:mri.admin@mrc.cam.ac.uk">mri.admin@mrc.cam.ac.uk</ulink> and attach the ethics approval letter. </para><para>All necessary MEG documents can be found here <ulink url="http://intranet.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/imaging/meg/"/> </para></section></section><section><title>Ethics</title><para>Note that MEG projects on healthy volunteers do not require LREC approval, but do require CPREC approval (an existing CPREC for behavioural studies is not sufficient; you will need to make a new CPREC request, or seek an amendment to an existing CPREC approval, to extend it to MEG). A new CPREC application needs to include the usual information about your psychological paradigm/s in addition to explaining that you will be performing the study with MEG. An application also needs to include the information sheet that will be given to participants, for which the following can be used as a template: <ulink url="https://imaging.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/meg/NecessaryFormalities/meg/GeneralVolunteerSheet#">GeneralVolunteerSheet</ulink>. </para><!--rule (<hr>) is not applicable to DocBook--></section></article>