A.7 Ethical issues, GDPR and data protection in Horizon Europe (webinar)
- Target group:
Beginners in Horizon Europe – researchers, advisors, and others seeking a basic understanding of the programme and funding landscape. Level 1 (beginner)
- Fee:
Free
About the event
Article 14 of the HE Grant Agreement states that “The action must be carried out in line with the highest ethical standards and the applicable EU, international and national law on ethical principles.” We have to do a self-assessment at the proposal stage and the ethical experts will do an ethics review for all scientifically favourably evaluated proposals invited to the Grant Agreement Preparation process. This webinar will help understand the ethics (AI-H-A-PODP, NEC, etc) and security aspects that you should analyse and consider during proposal writing and project implementation.
Agenda
08:45–09:00 Accessing the ZOOM platform
09:00–09:15 Welcome and opening
09:15–10:15 Ethics, GDPR and data protection in Horizon Europe
- We will discuss ethics issues related to · human participants and/or their cells/tissues · personal data · animals · methods, materials or experiments that could harm the environment, research staff or participants.
- How to fill in the ethics self-assessment
- Ethics reviews and additional GA obligations
- Ethical permits and consent forms
- How to avoid misuse of data
- How about using AI in research?
- GDPR case examples from different scientific fields?
(10:00–10:15 Break)
10:30–11:00 Quiz
Practice the theory – how would handle specific ethical and data protection cases?
11:00 Final Q&A and end of webinar
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About the Horizon Europe courses
The Research Council of Norway offers a structured series of courses for applicants to Horizon Europe. The courses are organised by topic, project role, and level of experience.
Introductory courses (Series A and E) are digital and suitable for all roles, while Series B, C, and D are in-person, role-specific courses that typically run over one or two days.
A. Funding landscape series / Introduction to Horizon Europe
Courses in the A-series are suitable for beginners in Horizon Europe – researchers, advisors, and others seeking a basic understanding of the programme and funding landscape.
A.1 Introduction to Horizon Europe (webinar)
A.2 Looking for partners and joining consortia (webinar)
A.3 Evaluation of Horizon Europe collaborative proposals (webinar)
A.4 Research Data Management and Open Science approaches
A.5 Stakeholder engagement, social innovation and citizen science (webinar)
A.6 How to integrate SSH, interdisciplinarity and gender dimension into Horizon Europe proposal (webinar)
A.7 Ethical issues, GDPR and data protection in Horizon Europe (webinar)
Messages at time of print 20 August 2025, 00:45 CEST