Israeli Law

Research activity in Israel in general, and at Israeli universities in particular, is promoted and protected by relevant legislation. Certain aspects of the research are restricted or prohibited by pertinent laws and regulations legislated by the Knesset. Products of scientific research are governed by intellectual property and copyright laws.

The full text of the Israeli state laws and regulations regarding research are only available in Hebrew and accessible here.

 

University Ethics Regulations

The University requires that all its research staff act in accordance with the principles and rules laid down in the following regulations in every aspect of their research, including: research planning and submission of research proposals to funding bodies; the generation of data, its documentation, analysis and preservation; attribution of the research results, their publication, participation of others in them and their commercialization.

 

University regulations regarding ethics in research:

The Hebrew University Code of Conduct in Research

The Hebrew University Conflict of Interest Code

NIH - Financial conflict of interest (FCOI) Policy

 

Clarifications, comments and lessons regarding conflict of interest

• The information provided by a researcher to the Conflict of Interest Committee will be kept confidential.
• The information that will be available to the Conflict of Interest Committee will include the details of the business engagements discussed and / or signed by Yissum Co.
•  Among US federal funders, a criterion for what is defined as a "financial conflict of interest" is common.
• According to this criterion, a researcher has a "financial conflict of interest" if he and / or a family member (spouse and minor children) have a "significant" financial interest in an economic entity that the research (planning, conducting and reporting on) may impact. The term "significant" is defined as over $ 10,000 or ownership exceeding 5% of the company's value. Of course, at the Hebrew University too,  this - in addition to other criteria - is a criterion for a conflict of interest.
• Each research project requires at least one statement from one of the Principal Investigators. This statement will be kept within the research file at the Authority for Research and Development.
• The statements of the other participants in the research, whatever their status, will be kept by the above-mentioned Principal Investigator for at least two years from the end of the research.
• A Principal Investigator to whom a statement that includes notice of a conflict of interest in the research has been submitted by one of the workers collaborating with him and / or on his behalf in his research, will ascertain that the declarant notified the Vice President for Research and Development, in his capacity as Chairperson of the Conflict of Interest Committee, of such conflict.

 

Statements regarding research ethics:

• A faculty member who submits a research proposal must enter it into the Research System. At part of this process, a statement of proper conduct in research must be approved.
• A researcher who employs workers in research (including through the awarding of scholarships) must ensure that all those involved on his behalf in the research activity sign a statement of proper conduct and conflict of interest in research.