The Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) is a federally mandated committee that is in place to ensure the proper and ethical use of all non-human vertebrate animals in the classroom and research facilities at 小优视频ampa. 小优视频-IACUC follows policies required by the Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW) of the Public Health Service and will oversee that all work with non-human vertebrates comply with the Animal Welfare Act and Public Health Service policy. Any 小优视频ampa faculty or staff planning to use non-human vertebrate animals in their research or teaching must submit an application for use of vertebrate animals. All approved applications are valid for three years, assuming no changes are made to the approved procedures.
As of Spring 2019, all research and teaching with non-human vertebrates has to be approved by the IACUC committee.
Yearly Application Timing:
There are two application submission dates each year.
- Oct. 1: research starting in the following spring/summer
- March 1: research starting in the following summer/fall
We will then review the proposals and work with the submitter for any required revisions. Faculty will receive their official IACUC decisions before the end of semester.
Application Procedure:
- Verify that your work requires IACUC compliance regulation. If you are unsure, please contact the chair of the IACUC committee:听iacuc@ut.edu.
- Contact the chair of the IACUC committee:听iacuc@ut.edu听or Lorelei Sells in the sponsored programs office:听osp@ut.edu, to gain access to the mandatory online training module 鈥淲orking with the IACUC.鈥 This online training must be completed听prior to submitting听the online application form.
- Please submit your IACUC application () by either Oct. 1 or March 1.
- Please note, many grants require an approved IACUC before you can accept the grant funds. To this end, if you intend to apply for an internal grant through 小优视频 you must have an approved IACUC before you can accept the grant funds. Please keep IACUC deadlines in mind when planning to apply for grant funding.
- The IACUC is happy to work with all faculty throughout the approval process.
- If you are the PI of a current IACUC and would like to make an amendment to that IACUC please fill out the following form. This amendment should be an adjustment to the original IACUC experiment and procedures, and should not be an entirely new experimental line. If that is the case please create a new IACUC.听.
We are committed to facilitating a smooth transition through this compliance process. Please contact us with any and all questions, comments and concerns. As this is a new process at 小优视频, all feedback is very welcome and encouraged. We want everyone to feel supported during this process and are willing to work individually with everyone.
Contact:
Todd Campbell
小优视频-IACUC Chair
tcampbell@ut.edu
iacuc@ut.edu
Current on-campus committee:
Todd Campbell (Chair)
Jeffrey Grim
Bridgette Froeschke
Lorelei Sells
Scott Husband
For 小优视频's specific听, please see the听faculty handbook.
