Requirements for Grantees Using Research Animals
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If you are a principal
investigator planning to use live, vertebrate animals
for research, research
training, or biological testing, you must adhere to requirements
in the Public
Health Service (PHS) Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory
Animals and the Animal
Welfare Act and Regulations.
The PHS policy is summarized in the brochure What
Investigators Need to Know About the Use of Animals.
Read about NIH animal research, policies, and crisis management
at OER Animals
in Research.
Peer
reviewers will evaluate your application based on your compliance,
so it's important to know what's expected of you and your institution.
When you apply for NIAID funding, you need to answer all five points
in the Vertebrate Animals Section of your Grant
Application Package (for electronic applications) or your PHS
398 (for paper applications). Most grant types, including research grants such as the R01 and Exploratory/Developmental Grant -- R21, use electronic application.
Go to our NIH Grant Cycle:
Application to Renewal for beginning-to-end, step-by-step information
about applying for the most common grant types.
If your application receives a fundable overall impact/priority score, have your
animal use protocol reviewed and approved by an institutional
animal care and use committee (IACUC), which evaluates your
institution's animal research program.
To receive an award, you must have IACUC approval, and your institution
must have an animal
welfare assurance approved by the NIH Office
of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW).
If you have domestic subaward agreements, those organizations also
need IACUC approval and an animal welfare assurance. Read more in the Subawards (Consortium Agreements) for Grants SOP.
For foreign awards and subawards, learn more at IACUC
Requirements Vary for Domestic and Foreign Institutions.
To find out if your institution is assured, see
OLAW's Domestic Institutions
with a PHS Approved Animal Welfare Assurance or Foreign Institutions
with a PHS Approved Animal Welfare Assurance. Assurances are valid up to four years, then they must be renewed.
It's also a good idea to find out if your institution has animal
facilities accredited by the Association
for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care.
- AAALAC is a non-regulatory organization; participation in its accreditation
program sends the message that your institution is committed to
high-quality animal care and use.
- OLAW accepts
AAALAC accreditation in lieu of some required documentation.
Non-accredited institutions are required to provide a copy of their most recent semi-annual report of program and facilities with their Assurance.
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