Misuse of Research Finding Risk Assessment and Prevention

For all activities funded by the European Union, ethics is an integral part of research from beginning to end, and so is ethical compliance. Ethical compliance can be achieved through the performance of an ethics assessment that should address the following issues: human embryos and foetuses, human beings, human cells or tissues, personal data, animals, non-EU countries, environment, health & safety, dual use, exclusive focus on civil applications, potential misuse of research results and any other ethics issues not included in this list. This report highlights the points to be taken into consideration while conducting such an assessment; Relevant questionnaires to the same end have been drafted and are provided to all project partners to be filed in and submitted, as appropriate.