by Eleonore Pauwels
>> Researchers have the opportunity to be part of FP7, a research programme that promotes excellence and innovation, and which respects freedom of research whilst ensuring the highest standards for the respect of fundamental ethical principles. It covers many countries with a large diversity of approaches to how science relates to culture, religion, history and society.
>> It is of prime importance for the EU to develop a model of responsible science funding. FP7 builds an ethical framework which has solid foundations: scientific and political responsibility, respect for the diversity of opinions, a search for balance of interests, and respect for the principle of subsidiarity.
>> The launch of FP7 has given rise to a flurry of activity within the research community: collaborators are sought, new financial rules are being scrutinised, deadlines underlined on lab calendars and so on. The moral from this publication is: do not forget research ethics.
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Ethics Reviews in Context |
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Ethics Reviews in Numbers |
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Ethics Reviews in Practice |
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Ethics Reviews Methodology |
[source: European Commission]