Vertebrate Animals

The following paragraph should be used in part for section f. of standard NIH grant applications. Investigators will also need to include certain specifics about their own proposed use of animals. Note: All grant applications requiring the use of animals in research, teaching, or testing at UAB or with collaborators/subcontractees at other institutions must be reviewed and approved by the UAB Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee.

"All animal facilities at the University of Alabama at Birmingham are under the direction of full time veterinarians and are accredited by the Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care International (AAALAC). UAB has a Letter of Assurance (A3255-01) on file with NIH’s Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW) and is licensed as a research facility (64-R-0004) by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)."

Just-in-Time Review. NIH and some other sponsors do not require evidence of IACUC approval until the project has received a score within the potentially fundable range. For details on procedures for this type of review option please reference www.uab.edu/iacuc.

Approved by: Gene Hines, PhD, Director, Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee

Date: November 18, 2007

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