Ethics and Data Committee
The Committee’s main task is to review research proposals on criteria concerning ethically responsible scientific conduct. The conditions and principles applied by the Committee are set out in the Regulations that have been drawn up for this purpose.
The committee will only deal with applications related to research that has not yet commenced, and which are submitted by a researcher who is employed by Leiden University. The committee therefor does not deal with thesis related research in applications submitted by students.
Ethical review can be relevant in cases concerning the privacy of research subjects, aspects of human dignity during interviewing, the acquisition of mutual consent and a possible conflict of interests in the case of third money flow i.e. contract research. In certain cases, an ethical review is required by external organisations such as the Dutch Research Council (NWO). But even without this obligation, staff may submit a request for advice.
Requests for advice
Would you like to submit a request for advice? Please submit the following items to the Committee:
- Application form
- Research Proposal
- Data Management Plan (DMP, for more information: see Centre for Digital Scholarships). DMP must be approved by the faculty data steward prior to submitting it to the ethics committee.
- Informed Consent Forms: Informed consent forms must be based on the template provided by the faculty privacy officer and approved by the faculty privacy officer prior to submitting it to the ethics committee.
- Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA): The DPIA must be approved by the faculty privacy officer prior to submitting it to the ethics committee.
Requests for advice can be submitted by email before the deadlines. Within two weeks after the meeting, the Committee gives an advice in which it indicates whether or not – and possibly after some adjustment – to agree with the proposal. This advice is not binding.
N.B.: Applications will be considered only when:
1) the research has not yet commenced and;
2) the request for advice is submitted with a reviewed DMP and a reviewed DPIA.