Landspítali offers financial administration for research projects conducted by its employees. The project must be registered in the hospital’s accounting system.

The project’s principal investigator must send a completed form (pdf) to the financial manager at the Office of nursing and medicine at the following email address: eyrunst@landspitali.is.

The same rules apply to employee research funds as to public financial administration. If the researcher is also employed by the University of Iceland, another research institution, or a company, that institution may be entrusted with managing the funds.

• Request for financial administration

• Request for data storage space

Hiring staff

If staff are to be hired for a research project, it must be ensured that funds are available for the payment of wages and related salary costs, and that approval from the relevant department head/chief physician/unit manager or managing director at Landspítali has been obtained.

The employment must comply with Landspítali’s rules and salary classifications. The person with the authority to hire in the field where the employee will work must sign the employment contract.

The employment contract should be timed so that the employment is subject to the funding of the scientific research. These fixed-term positions can last for a maximum of two years, as set out in the rules on temporary employment for government employees in the Act on the Rights and Obligations of Public Servants.

In the case of contractor payments, the signatory/principal investigator of the research project must ensure that funds are available and approve the payments.

Hospital employees

A principal investigator or their colleagues/assistants working at Landspítali may receive payment for their contribution to research carried out at the hospital, provided it is outside their regular working hours there. The percentage of working time to be devoted to the research, both within and outside regular working hours, must be specified if payment is expected for the work. This must be done in consultation with the relevant supervisor.
All handling of funds must be in accordance with Landspítali’s rules on financial administration.

Information on Applying for a Research Permit at Landspítali

Other Permits

• Before applying for a research permit, approval from the head of department (.pdf).

• If you intend to request biological samples from a biobank, you must apply for them.

• As applicable: The Icelandic Cancer Registry

In the case of partners outside Landspítali, a contract shall be concluded between Landspítali and the partners. Examples of partners are pharmaceutical companies, Primary Care Center (Heilsugæslan), various research institutions and foreign universities and hospitals.