NMRR

Step by Step using NMRR System

By
NMRR SECRETARIAT
SECRETARIAT NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH)
WHAT IS NMRR?

• A web based tool designed to support the implementation of

the National Institutes of Health NIH guidelines on the
conduct of research in the Ministry of Health Malaysia (MOH)

• NMRR enables online research registration and online

submission, review & approval of MOH research

• The registered research constitutes a database of on going and

completed medical research projects in MOH
WHY REGISTER IN NMRR?
• National Institutes of Health NIH Guidelines on the conduct
of research in the Ministry of Health Malaysia (MOH)
NIH GUIDELINES REQUIRES:

• Registration of all research that

• involves MOH personnel OR
• that is to be conducted in MOH facility OR
• to be funded by MOH research grant

• Review & approval of the research by a designated

entity to whom authority has been delegated for the
purpose
 NIH GUIDELINES REQUIRES:

• Research involving human subjects requires prior

review and approval by the Medical Research and Ethics
Committee (MREC)
• Approval of all research publications
• whether in the form of research report, journal article or
conference proceeding, by the NIH initially and thereafter by
the Director General of MOH
 RESEARCH
REGISTRATION
SUBMITTING RESEARCH SUBMISSION

• For research registration & Ethical approval

• Only for new research - have not started data collection (time
lapse between registration and data collection date should be
atleast 2 months)
• For research registration only (no approval)
• For completed research
• For new research that does not involve MOH patients / staffs ,
therefore does not require MREC Approval
• One research one submission
• Only one person (will act as Corresponding Person CP) will
register the research
LOGIN TO NMRR SYSTEM
https://www.nmrr.gov.my

Login to system by entering the user

email registered, password and the
image verification. Choose login as
User Login. If you are not a registered
user, please click at “Create a New
Account” before proceeding for
research registration
USER/RESEARCHER MAIN MENU

Click here to register a new

research registration
Section 1 – Enter Title
For new research - have not
started data collection (time
lapse between registration
and data collection date
should be at least 2 months),
and involves MOH
patients/data or human,
please select 2. Research
submission for NIH for
recommendation and 3.
Research submission for
MREC approval
Sections available in NMRR

• Section 1 – 6 is mandatory.
• For Research Registration

• Section 7 is Research Submission for Approval

Authority
• Sections appearance depends on selection
done in Section 1, Step 1.4
Section 2 – Research Details
• This section is about information / details of the research.

Research ID will be given in Section 2. Please

remember this number as this is the reference
number for the research registration.
Section 2 – Research Details Fields
Section 2 – Research Details Fields
Section 3 - Sponsors
• This section is about information of the funding source / sponsor
for the research.
**If no sponsor, choose as “Self-funding”

Click here
FOR SPONSOR TYPE - SELF – FUNDING

For Sponsor Organization, search for

your own institution

For contact person , select yourself, or anyone

in your research team will be yourself
FOR SPONSOR TYPE – MOH NIH Research Grant

For Sponsor Organization, search for

NIH Malaysia

For contact person , search for MOH-NIH

Grant Secretariat

Application for MOH-NIH Grant is open from January till June ; with minimum grant value
requested at RM5000.00
Section 4 – Investigator(s)/Study Site(s)
• This section is to list down the investigators and study site involve
in the research
Step 1 - Add investigator
How to add investigator?

1
2
IA-HOD-IA form. Need to download,
print and obtained the required
signature. Then to be uploaded back
into the submission.
This form is also available in Section
7.1 and 7.3
Step 2 - Add Study Site
Step 2 - Add Study Site
 Remember to add the
This list of investigator(s) Investigator name to the study
depends on the Investigators site!
that was added in Step 1
Section 5 – Corresponding Person
• This section identify the Corresponding Person (CP) CP is the person that
edits the submission and the contact person for the study/research.
• CP has the full access to edit the submission.
• Backup CP can only upload AOR documents.
Section 6 – Research Registration
If submitted succesfully…
Section 7.1 – Research submission for JPP -
NIH recommendation

Click here to upload Research Documents

Click Browse button to browse the document file.
Don’t forget to:
• Enter the Version No (example: 1)
• Enter the Version Date (example: 20-06-2015)

Its always recommended to upload a PDF file. System do accept other files, but the
system will convert it to PDF upon attaching. This conversion my cause some
formatting error to the original file.
Click here to upload Investigator(s) Documents
 After Research Documents & Investigator Documents uploaded,
click Finalise Submission

When Finalise submission clicked, system will combine all the uploaded documents into one
PDF file. If the PDF successfully build, you will be able to see “SUBMIT” button
Section 7.3 – Research submission for
MREC Approval
Always REMEMBER to click “Finalise Submission” and the
“Submit” button at EACH section 7.
If successfully submitted, the yellow Submit button will
disappear.
If you have these notifications on your page…

Means something is still

pending at your side, and
secretariat did not receive
your submission!
STAGE 1 – Has no received NMRR
ID / in processing stage by secretariat
/ unsubmitted submissions

STAGE 2 – Received NMRR ID / in

review process / approved research

STAGE 3 – Approved research

requesting for amendments

Display all submission that has the

users’ name in it.
Always make sure that Unsubmitted
research and Incomplete submission
awaiting resubmission is always
showing (0)
Public User Tabs
Show the Public User Main Menu
To change the password if necessary

Shows details of user NMRR account.

To update user account details

Shows submission that is incomplete /

unsubmitted and pending action from user Logout from the system

Documentation for users. Example:

User Manual, Guidelines, etc
 Difference between
NMRR ID
RESEARCH ID - Will be issued once
- Will be issued when the Documentation for the
title of the research is Research Registration is
entered. complete.
- Issued by NMRR system - Issued by NMRR
(auto) Secretariat
- Is used for all - Indication that research
corresponding with submission is forwarded to
NMRR Secretariat relevant approval authority
(if any)

Investigators have to make sure they have received the NMRR ID

within 7 working days from the date they have registered the research