Ethics Review Committee of the Faculty of Science

Welcome to the webpage of fhe Review Committee of the Faculty of Science. This committee reviews proposed scientific research carried out by, or under the responsibility of, employees of the Faculty of Science, using criteria of ethically responsible scientific conduct.

Checklist submitting research

Do you want to know if you should submit your research to the Ethics Committee for review? Please go through this checklist first.

There is also a downloadable version with clickable links available.

Links

Click here for the website of the Central Authority for Scientific Procedures on Animals (CCD)
Click here for the Nagoya Protocol
Click here for the Medical Ethical Committee Leiden-Den Haag-Delft (METC-LDD)
Click here for contact information of the Faculty of Science Privacy Officer

Questionnaires

The questionnaires can be downloaded on the right hand side of this webpage (below if you are on a mobile device).

For further questions about the procedures, you can contact the secretary.

More information about the committee

If you submit your research to the committee, various procedures are possible. Check the flowchart below to see which procedure applies to you.

A downloadable pdf with this flowchart can be found on the right hand side of this webpage (below if you are on a mobile device).

Prof. Suzan Verberne, LIACS, chair
Dr. Olga Gadyatskaya
Dr. Pedro Rodrigues Dos Santos Russo, STRW
Dr. Vadim Cheianov, LION
Prof. Hans Slabbekoorn

Secretary: Monique Leemkuil

Regulations of the Ethics Review Committee of the Faculty of Science

Below you can find some example files for consent forms, agreements or data storga.

Example of how to store personal data
Example informed consent form Consent Parent or Guardian (Dutch)
Example informed consent form Consent participant (Dutch)
Example Confidentiality agreement student

For further information and requests for testing, please send an e-mail to ethicscommittee@science.leidenuniv.nl.