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How to submit a research project?
Steps for submitting a research project
Step #1
Determine whether my project falls within the range of the CER-UdL
Before making a request for research assessment from an Ethics Research Committee, you need to make sure that your research does not fall within the scope of a CPP ("comité de protection des personnes") under the Jardé law. This is known as protocol qualification (CER vs. CPP). As a general rule, any research involving the human person and intended to enhance medical or biological knowledge is considered to be human subject research (RIPH - "recherche impliquant la personne humaine") and must be referred to a CPP. Research involving the human person but not aimed at broadening medical or biological knowledge is not considered to be RIPH and is not legally bound to refer to a CPP.
In order to determine whether your research does indeed require submission to a CPP, you can carry out the self-qualification questionnaire from the Federation of CERs (Université de Reims). This questionnaire will provide you with an initial indication of qualification – subject to caution, however, due to the gray areas of the Jardé law.
- Should the answers refer you to a CPP, please contact the CPP of your choosing.
The rest of this procedure does not concern you. - If the questionnaire results refer you to a CER, you can move on to the next stage of this procedure for submission to the CER-UdL.
If in any doubt, please contact the team at CER-UdL using the following address cer-udl@universite-lyon.fr
Step #2
Draft the project summary based on the CER-UdL template
A template is available for you to submit your research project to the CER-UdL.
Download the complete set of documents required for submission (FR)
Step #3
Gather all the necessary documents
Documents to be provided for submission to the CER-UdL
- Research project summary | see column on the right
- Information brief | see column on the right
- Consent form | see column on the right
- Compliance with the regulations on data protection | see column on the right
Step #4
Submit my research project
When you have drafted the research protocol and gathered the necessary documents, you can submit your request on the dedicated CER-UdL platform.
Submit a project file to CER-UdL
Any incomplete requests will not be reviewed in a plenary session
The project initiator may be heard in a plenary session if necessary.
Please note: once requested, the research cannot begin without the agreement of the Research Ethics Committee, and therefore before having followed the submission protocol.
Upcoming dates of plenary sessions
2024/2025 university year |
29/08/2024 | 2024 introductory session, not open for submission |
19/09/2024 | Plenary session is full |
10/10/2024 | Plenary session is full |
14/11/2024 | Plenary session is full |
12/12/2024 | Plenary session is full |
16/01/2025 | Plenary session is full |
13/02/2025 | Plenary session is full |
20/03/2025 | Submissions open until: 20/02/2025 |
10/04/2025 | Submissions open until: 10/03/2025 |
15/05/2025 | Submissions open until: 15/04/2025 |
12/06/2025 | Submissions open until: 12/05/2025 |
Templates to download
Jocelyne Fayard, CER-UdL project officer
The CER-UdL project officer coordinates and manages the activity of the Research Ethics Committee of the Université de Lyon. As such, it ensures the preparation of the meetings of the CER, guarantees the follow-up of the decisions recorded in plenary sessions, and implements the daily activity of this body: requests for information, updating of information on the web portal, promotion of the CER-UdL and its internal and external activities. The CER-UdL project officer is also the administrative and legal guarantor of its operation.
jocelyne.fayard@universite-lyon.fr