PHS policy states that PHS awarding units may not make an award involving live vertebrate animals unless the institution receiving the award provides verification of approval by the IACUC of those components of the application or proposal related to the care and use of animals.
To comply with the federally mandated grants review
policy implemented through the IACUC, an investigator should download the “Grant
Application Review Form” from the IACUC forms page (<http://www.iacuc.pitt.edu/forms/Forms.asp>),
and submit the completed form and the methods and vertebrate animals sections
of the grant application to the IACUC office (email: iacuc@pitt.edu).
This should be done as soon as the investigator receives notice of a fundable
score. The IACUC will review the grant application to assure that all procedures
involving live animals are described in IACUC-approved protocols. The investigator
may need to modify existing protocols or submit new protocols to the IACUC for
this purpose. Timely submission of the grant, grant application review form,
and relevant protocols is required to prevent delays in the awarding of grant
monies.
Effective immediately, all approved PHS sponsored awards
(new or competing renewals) involving animal research will need to secure an
IACUC approval prior to the Office Of Research releasing any information to
Research/Cost Accounting for an account number. Under no circumstances
will the Office of Research forward an account number activation request to
the Research/Cost Accounting Office without first verifying approval by the
IACUC for those components of the respective sponsored award that relate to
the care and use of animals.
Please contact your Office of Research Grants and Contracts
representative, the Director of the Office of Research, or the IACUC Office
if you have any questions regarding the grant review policy.
Allen A. DiPalma
Office of Research
12/20/04