Help with Forms & Applying

Applying Help

• Activities subject to IACUC review
• Which Form to Use
• Tips for IACUC Approval

Animal Usage Form Help

• Animal Request Table Explained: Purchasing, Breeding, & Transferring

How to Submit Forms

Submissions should include:

1. The original application form and appendices, plus 12 copies
2. Documentation of any required approvals or applications for approval from other committees and from cooperating agencies
3. All supporting materials and documents, including protocol, descriptions of any investigational drugs or devices, and all necessary Appendices as directed in the application
4. If receiving external funding for animal research, regulations require 1 copy of the associated grant for review and assurance to the IACUC that the animal work for which approval is being sought exactly corresponds to that indicated in the funding grant.

Mail or deliver to:
Research Subjects’ Protection Programs
MMC 820
420 Delaware St. SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455-0392

Or on campus:
Research Subjects’ Protection Programs
MMC 820
Minneapolis Campus

Special Research Topics

• Finding Models & Alternatives
• Surgery
• Using Client-owned Animals
• Monoclonal Antibody/Ascites Production

Literature Searches

PubMed - National Library of Medicine(NLM) database of citations to medical journal articles

Locator Plus - Books, journals and audiovisuals in the NLM collections

CancerLit® - contains references to cancer literature published from the 1960s to the present

Medline Plus - NLM's consumer health Web site

Help with NIH Grant Applications

Guide on How to Write an Application Involving Research Animals

Explains procedures for writing an application and then applying for and maintaining an NIH grant application for research that uses animals.