Principles
Guideline 1: Commitment to the general principlesGuideline 2: Professional ethicsGuideline 3: Organisational responsibility of heads of research institutionsGuideline 4: Responsibility of the heads of research work unitsGuideline 5: Dimensions of performance and assessment criteriaGuideline 6: OmbudspersonsGuideline 10: Legal and ethical frameworks, usage rightsGuideline 11: Methods and standardsGuideline 12: DocumentationGuideline 13: Providing public access to research resultsGuideline 14: AuthorshipGuideline 15: Publication mediumGuideline 16: Confidentiality and neutrality of review processes and discussionsGuideline 17: Archiving
Non-Compliance with Good Research Practice, Procedures
Guideline 18: Complainants and respondentsGuideline 19: Procedures in cases of alleged research misconductImplementation of the Guidelines
ForewordPreamblePrinzipienGuideline 1: Commitment to the general principlesGuideline 2: Professional ethicsGuideline 3: Organisational responsibility of heads of research institutionsGuideline 4: Responsibility of the heads of research work unitsGuideline 5: Dimensions of performance and assessment criteriaGuideline 6: OmbudspersonsForschungsprozessGuideline 7: Cross-phase quality assuranceGuideline 8: Stakeholders, responsibilities and rolesGuideline 9: Research designGuideline 10: Legal and ethical frameworks, usage rightsGuideline 11: Methods and standardsGuideline 12: DocumentationGuideline 13: Providing public access to research resultsGuideline 14: AuthorshipGuideline 15: Publication mediumGuideline 16: Confidentiality and neutrality of review processes and discussionsGuideline 17: ArchivingNichtbeachtung guter wissenschaftlicher Praxis, VerfahrenGuideline 18: Complainants and respondentsGuideline 19: Procedures in cases of alleged research misconductImplementation of the Guidelines
Natural Sciences
22.04.2022 – In the DFG subject classification system, the natural sciences include physics, chemistry, mathematics and the geosciences. These disciplines have clear overlaps with other scientific fields such as biology and medicine, agricultural and nutritional ...
Comment on: Preamble (Natural sciences)
Professional ethics in the life sciences
03.12.2020 – Compliance with ethical and legal requirements is absolutely essential when planning and conducting research into living organisms.
Comment on: GL2 (Life sciences)
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)
Legal and ethical framework, usage rights in the life sciences
03.12.2020 – There are many legal and ethical aspects that impact on research in the life sciences. Here is a selection of particularly relevant issues (without any claim to completeness or priority) which are currently subject to intense debate. Respectful treatment ...
Comment on: GL10 (Life sciences)
Research consequences and dual use
03.12.2020 – Wherever research results are directly applicable, researchers have a particular responsibility.
Comment on: GL10 (General)
The dual use problem in mathematics
03.12.2020 – In many cases, basic research in both theoretical and applied mathematics has the potential to be significant to security-related research as well.
Comment on: GL10 (Natural sciences)
Advisory offices
03.12.2020 – In order to strengthen autonomous action in research ethics, it may be appropriate for research institutions to provide subject-specific advisory services in connection with internal or external advisory offices (compliance offices).
Comment on: GL10 (General)