The Research Ethics Committee at the University of Bayreuth

• For the request, the current request form must always be used as a PDF or as a Word document.
• In addition to the completed and signed request form, a generally comprehensible project description or summary (max. 2 pages) must be submitted with regard to the ethical relevance to be assessed from the applicant's point of view.
• In addition, the information provided to the test persons must be included. No other documents are to be submitted in the first instance. However, they may be requested should the members of the Research Ethics Committee deem it necessary.
• The request must be submitted in German or English to the University Governing Board.
• The request must be submitted in paper form and/or digitally as a PDF (as one file) with the project summary (please do not forget to sign it). Also, please keep the file size as small as possible.
• The request shall be accompanied by a statement disclosing any similar requests already submitted elsewhere.
• If the same request has been submitted to another ethics committee or has been rejected, the Committee may refuse to consider the request.
• The decision as to whether an ethics vote is required is generally the responsibility of the individual who is responsible for the project. The Research Ethics Committee cannot make a statement on this without the submission of a formally submitted request and the project description.
  General information on the cases in which a request for evaluation of a research project by the Research Ethics Committee may be required can be found here in German.

• Project summary of up to 4 pages with regard to the ethical relevance to be assessed from the applicant's point of view
• Information provided to the test persons

If requested by the Research Ethics Committee:

• Study protocol (protocol, according to the state of the art in German): Principles and rationale of the study, hypothesis and objectives, study population, study procedure and methods, risks and side effects, study-related interventions, outcome criteria, statistical considerations such as case number estimation, privacy, insurance (if applicable), bibliography
• Information provided to the test persons as well as consent form (in the case of persons incapable of giving consent, by the legal representative; in the case of minors capable of giving consent, additionally corresponding child-friendly information and consent form of the child) with letterhead of the institution, in addition data protection passage and data protection law consent
• Copy of insurance policy or justification why insurance is deemed unnecessary
• Written consent of the responsible head of the institute or scientific institution
• Presentation of the questionnaires, if applicable

• Any member of the University of Bayreuth is entitled to submit a request.
• The applicant is the researcher who carries out the research project on site and who is direct responsible for the test persons.
• In the case of corresponding scientific qualification work, including doctoral projects, 

  the supervisor must submit a request for the planned project and also sign it.

Requests for the evaluation of research projects by the Research Ethics Committee must be submitted in good time before the start of the project. Late applications must be justified accordingly.