Announcements: Meetings and Deadlines

Jan. 24, Feb. 21, March 21, April 25 (if needed)
Institutional Review Board for the Protection of Human Participants (IRB)
12:45 p.m., Dean’s Conference Room
Boatwright Administrative Wing, Room 4
Please remember that research involving human subjects may not begin before approval is received. Though some applications can be processed quickly through expedited review, others must be considered by the entire committee at the next scheduled meeting. To avoid delay, please submit your application to the IRB well in advance—at least two to three weeks—of the planned starting date for your research. Applications are available online at oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/grad_a&s/forms/index.html.

Jan. 20, Feb. 17, March 17, April 21 (if needed)
Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)
1 p.m., Dean’s Conference Room
Boatwright Administrative Wing, Room 4
All faculty contemplating research on animals are reminded that the federal government requires that such research be cleared by the University IACUC. Applications for proposals are available at oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/grad_a&s/forms/index.html.

Proposals should be submitted well in advance—at least two to three weeks—to be considered at a scheduled meeting of the IACUC. Federal regulations also require that the University provide training and education for all individuals working with laboratory animals. To comply with those regulations, the IACUC is requiring that all individuals—faculty, staff, lab assistants, and undergraduate and graduate students—working with laboratory animals view the film Animal Care Matters before beginning work. Copies of the film are available in the biology and psychology departments, the Media Resource Center and the Graduate School Office.

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