The Research Ethics Committee (hereinafter referred to as the "Committee") was established at the Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences (FTZ), Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (ČZU), on July 1, 2025, by Dean's Regulation 3/2025 - Decision on the establishment of the 'Research Ethics Committee' for the purpose of assessing research project proposals carried out under the FTZ ČZU, with the aim of ensuring compliance with ethical, legal, and professional standards. The committee has six members, who are appointed and dismissed by the Dean of FTZ ČZU for a term of three years. The chair is usually the Vice-Dean for Science, Research and Doctoral Studies at FTZ ČZU.
The necessity of assessing the ethical aspects of the proposed research by the Committee is decided by the FTZ, CZU employee responsible for the research. This employee is then the applicant for the assessment. An external researcher whose research is carried out in cooperation with the FTZ, CZU may also be the applicant. The necessity of assessing the ethical aspects of proposed student research within the framework of qualification theses is decided by the relevant supervisor of the qualification thesis. FTZ, CZU students are obliged to apply to the Committee for the assessment of the ethical aspects of their qualification thesis research only on the basis of a written recommendation from the supervisor. The procedure for submitting an application, along with other important information, can be found in Dean's Regulation 15/2025 - Statute and Rules of Procedure of the Research Ethics Committee.
The applicant is obliged to submit the application for research assessment by the Committee using the Application for Ethical Review of Research via email to ethics@ftz.czu.cz in sufficient time before the planned research begins, at least 30 calendar days in advance. If an external provider, to whom the project proposal is submitted, requires an ethical assessment on its own form, the applicant shall use this and simultaneously supplement the form used by the FTZ with all data not contained in the external provider's form. The Committee shall review the submitted applications at its regular meetings, which are held twice a year (usually at the beginning of the semester), and shall issue a written opinion within 60 calendar days of the discussion of the application for assessment. In justified cases, the Chair of the Committee may convene an extraordinary meeting of the Committee outside the dates specified in the previous sentence.
Members of the Committee for the term July 2025 – June 2028:
Chair:
- doc. Ing. Johana Rondevaldová, Ph.D.
Other members:
- prof. Ing. Jan Banout, Ph.D.
- Ing. Jiří Hejkrlík, Ph.D.
- Ing. Radim Kotrba, Ph.D.
- Ing. Olga Leuner, Ph.D.
- Ing. Miroslav Mulko
Administrative support:
- Ing. Vendula Ludvíková, Ph.D.
Dates of Committee meetings and deadlines for submitting applications for consideration at the relevant meeting:
Committee meeting in the summer semester 2025/26:
- Date of Committee meeting: February/March 2026 (the exact date will be announced at the beginning of February 2026)
- Deadline for submitting applications for consideration at this meeting: February 15, 2026