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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.
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 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, but training (T), career (K), and fellowship (F) grants still use paper forms.
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 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. If you have subaward agreements, those organizations also need IACUC approval and an animal assurance.
To find out if your institution is assured, see Domestic
Institutions with a PHS Approved Animal Welfare Assurance or Foreign
Institutions with a PHS Approved Animal Welfare Assurance on
the OLAW Web site. Assurances must be renewed every four years.
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.
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