Legal issues, Compliance & Ethics within research
Funders and collaborators usually require a contract for a research project, which defines respective rights, obligations, timelines and budget. Furthermore, an ethical application must be submitted and approved before you conduct studies with research subjects, human tissue or laboratory animals. You must also protect information that is linked directly or indirectly to living persons.


Research Contracts & Agreements
It is important to define roles and responsibilities with a legal agreement that covers research activities between KI and third parties: external funders, collaborators and service providers.
Here you can find information about:
• Why do you need a research contract
• Types of research contracts
• The contract process in 4 steps
• Available support at KI

Ethical issues
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Ethics at KI
Ethics and compliance: Clinical studies
Human ethics application
Guide to the application for ethics review
Choosing the responsible research principal for the ethical application
Ethical requirements by external research funders
Ethical application for laboratory animals
Compliance, ethics and open access
Ethical Guidelines for International Collaboration
Guidelines for research
Ethics Council at KI
KI’s scientific representative

Personal data, security & open access
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Personal data in research (GDPR)
Information protection and security
Open access: policies and demands
Data requirements of funders and publishers
Laws and guidelines regulating research documentation and data management
Process for drawing up agreements for the transfer of personal data
EU ethics and data protection decision-tree
Data protection impact assessments
Laboratory safety
