Approval of Safety Department
All experimental research activities (excluded are non-medical experiments) must be approved in advance by the campus safety department. A request should be transmitted to the campus safety department via the Research System. A research budget will not be activated if the safety appendix is not approved by the safety department.
All the information regarding Security in Research, can be found in the Department of Occupational and Environmental Safety and Hygiene.
Usage of Disease Pathogens
In light of the potential dangers pathogen research holds for society and the environment, especially the risk of their misuse, the Knesset has legislated a law regarding such research. Accordingly, the University has set intramural regulations which are binding on university researchers and their staff.
- Research in Biological Pathogens Law – 2008 (in Hebrew)
- Public Health Regulation (in Hebrew)
- List of Biological Pathogens 1.12.20 (in Hebrew)
- University Regulations of Biological Pathogens Research (in Hebrew)
- Letter of certification to the Hebrew University, 2018 (in Hebrew)
- Letter of nomination to the committee members, 2022 (in Hebrew)
- Biological Pathogen Usage in Research Reporting Form (in Hebrew) (The form should be emailed both to the committee chair and to the Safety Department).
In order to obtain an approval for usage of disease pathogens in research, please send the comittee an application thrgouh the online system.
For questions and additional assiatance, please contact the chairman of the comittee, Dr . Yoni Kupchik at yonatan.kupchik@mail.huji.ac.il.
Export of Chemical, Biological and Nuclear Materials
In compliance with the Import-Export Ordinance (Supervising the Export of Chemical, Biological and Nuclear Materials) of the Ministry of Economy and Industry, Trade and Labor), export of all chemical, biological and atomic materials, as listed here, must be reported to the Authority for Research And Development via the following form.