World Athletics Independent Research Ethics Committee

Welcome to the World Athletics Independent Research Ethics Committee (WAIREC) webpage.

World Athletics has established WAIREC to promote high-quality and ethically informed research.

We have tried to make your journey to ethical endorsement as smooth as possible.

First, we strongly invite you to download and carefully read and complete the following documents/templates:

- WAIREC Ethics Guide

- WAIREC Research Ethics Application

- Consent Form Template

National or international sports governing bodies or sports-related entities can seek WAIREC ethical endorsement provided that the above requirements are met and supporting documents are provided to the WAIREC secretariat: healthandscience@worldathletics.org