Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (ELSI) Research
Funds a full research project on the ethics, law and social effects of human genetics — and refuses to review an application with no diverse-perspectives plan.
The largest of the National Human Genome Research Institute's three ethics notices, and the one with a hard procedural gate on it.
The subject is the ethical, legal and social implications of human genetics and genomics. Methods can be single or mixed, and the notice names empirical qualitative and quantitative work alongside conceptual, legal and normative analysis. Direct involvement of key sta…
Full research projects on the ethical, legal and social implications of human genetics and genomics, using single or mixed methods including empirical qualitative and quantitative work and conceptual, legal and normative analysis, with stakeholder involvement encouraged. A Plan for Enhancing Diverse Perspectives is required for the application to be reviewed at all.
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