Before submitting an application, please check whether you are eligible to apply and whether your project can be assessed by the EUB in principle. Answers to the most frequently asked questions on applications are listed here.

Application procedure

Required documents

Please fill in the basic questionnaire for your study completely.

If all responses to the statements provided in the basic questionnaire are marked “white”, you can submit the application. No further documents are required.

If one response to the statements provided in the basic questionnaire is marked “grey”, the detailed questionnaire must be completed in addition to the basic questionnaire. Please also enclose the participant information (template available upon request), the consent form as well as details on the exact procedure of the investigation (e.g. questionnaires). Synopses or a separate concept of data security should not be enclosed.

From now on, it is possible to submit applications in the detailed procedure using the Ethiktool! Further information is available here.

For information about research performed by physicians, please see the German website of the EUB.

Answers to frequently asked questions regarding the design of study are listed here.

Submission

Applications must be submitted to the EUB's Office in electronic form via e-mail. Please send your application with the subject line "Ethics application" to the EUB’s office and attach all application documents (basic questionnaire, detailed questionnaire and attachments, if necessary) as one PDF file. When submitting an application using the Ethiktool, please also submit the xml file.

If it is necessary to submit documents that cannot be sent in PDF format (e.g. video material), please attach them separately in electronic form or send three copies to the EUB Office, marked with the name of the applicant.

Application forms will usually not be returned to the applicants. One copy will be archived for 10 years.

Applications must generally be submitted before the start of data collection. Data collection should not begin during the review by the Ethics Review Board, as otherwise the review prerequisites have changed. If there are any conflicts in the time schedule, please contact the EUB office.

Application forms

 

• basic Questionnaire in English (docx) (current Version of 24/03/22)
• for full applications:
  • use of the Ethiktool
  • (alternatively): basic Questionnaire in English (docx) (current Version of 24/03/22), detailed Questionnaire in English (docx) (current Version of 23/10/31), if applicable participant information (templates available in German), if applicable questionnaires/interview guides-->merged into one pdf-file for submission.

 

For German application forms see the German website of the EUB.