Forms, Instructions, & Samples for Animal Care

Principal Investigators should anticipate that a submitted protocol may require a month to several months to complete the protocol review and approval process. Please plan accordingly. See Full Review vs. Designated Review for further information. 

Forms

• Husbandry Form for Sustaining a Colony of Vertebrate Animals (Word): Use this form for requesting for approval to sustain a colony of vertebrate animals.
• Inter-Institutional Agreement: Use this form if proposed research involves collaboration with another institution, federal/state agency, private industry, private animal owners, etc.
• Protocol Amendment (Word): Use this form when amending a currently approved protocol.
• Protocol Review Form for Research, Teaching or Pilot Studies (Word) : Use this form for requesting either approval for research, teaching, or pilot studies involving the use of live vertebrate animals.

Instructions & Guidance to Help Prepare a Protocol

• Guidance for Preparing a Research, Teaching, or Pilot Study Protocol (Word)
• How to Do a Power Analysis
• Tips to Speed Up Your Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) Approval

Sample Documents

These are samples and may not fit your study exactly, but should give you helpful ideas of what the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) is looking for.

• Sample Risk Assessment Document (Word)
• Search for Alternatives (Word)