Ethics Committee of the University of Vienna

Application

Responsibility

Research projects which are to be assessed by the Ethics Committee of the University of Vienna have to fulfil one of the following conditions:

  • Projects within the University
  • Third-party funded project at the University of Vienna
  • Doctoral/PhD thesis (after public presentation at the faculty)
  • Master's thesis/diploma thesis (submission only possible by supervisor or a study law body) 

The Ethics Committee of the University of Vienna CANNOT become involved in the following projects:

  • Projects which are not based at the University of Vienna and therefore do not fulfil the above-mentioned criteria
  • Projects which have already begun or have been concluded
  • Projects for which other ethics committees are responsible (e.g. Ethics Committee of the Medical University of Vienna)
     

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Submission

  • Application form incl. documents (e.g. participant information/declaration of consent, questionnaires) as a PDF at least one month before the meeting date by e-mail to ethikkommission(at)univie.ac.at.  
  • Please always use the current application form (as of January 2025). Templates (DE/EN) can be found (with university-internal access authorization) in the wiki.
    Forms / Templates

Documents

  • The submitted PDFs form the basis for discussion and decision-making by the Ethics Committee.

For a timely assessment

  • Short, interdisciplinary presentation of the study contents.
  • Participant information/declaration of consent that can be understood in layman's terms with information on the purpose, process, inclusion/exclusion criteria, benefits, risks, use, storage and deletion of the data; Please note that this is an exemplary list that must be adapted individually.
  • Declarations of consent for children in child-friendly language.
  • Compliance with data protection guidelines.
    Data retention: Unlimited storage of completely anonymized data is sensible and harmless.

Processing

  • On the last day of the submission deadline, a formally complete application must be submitted. Supplementary documents may be added; however, this may result in consideration at a later meeting.
  • Applications submitted by the deadline will be dealt with within the next two sessions; treatment in the immediately following meeting is sought, but is not guaranteed.

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