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Comments - Statements (11)
Research freedom and responsibility / dual use
03.12.2020 – In many areas of research, the results gained can be used in other contexts (dual use). The DFG has developed several statements on this, partly in cooperation with other organisations.
Comment on: GL10 (Statements)
Recommendations for handling security-relevant research / dual use research of concern
03.12.2020 – In 2014, Leopoldina and the DFG published “Recommendations for Handling Security-Relevant Research” (dual use research of concern). The key recommendation involves establishing special committees for ethics in security-relevant research (KEFs) at ...
Comment on: GL10 (Statements)
Animal experimentation in research
03.12.2020 – The guidelines were developed by the DFG’s Permanent Senate Commission on Animal Protection and Experimentation and offer assistance in taking into account the specific requirements when planning, describing and carrying out animal experiments as part ...
Comment on: GL10 (Statements)
Statement by the DFG’s Permanent Senate Commission on Fundamental Issues of Biodiversity (SKBV)
03.12.2020 – The Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework for the Convention on Biological Diversity: the explanatory notes were developed in 2019 by the DFG Senate Commission on Fundamental Issues of Biodiversity (SKBV) and seek to provide assistance for investigators ...
Comment on: GL10 (Statements)
Reproducibility of research results in medicine and biomedicine
03.12.2020 – This statement was prepared in 2018 by the DFG Permanent Senate Commission on Key Questions in Clinical Research in consultation with the DFG Permanent Senate Commission on Animal Protection and Experimentation and the DFG Permanent Senate Commission on ...
Comment on: GL7 (Statements) , GL9 (Statements) , GL12 (Statements)