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Animals used in research and educational activities must be treated humanely and in accord with widely accepted best practices and principles. Federal law requires prior review and approval of all activities involving live vertebrates by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC). Applicants must complete the Application, applicable Application Appendices, and the Application Signature Page and submit electronically as email attachments to IACUCFREEMississippi. Review of applications takes two to six weeks.

 

Researchers must have non-expired CITI certificates for both the Animal Subjects Research Course and the Common Course. This includes faculty members supervising student theses requiring IACUC approval and members of the IACUC Committee. 

All 樱桃视频 faculty, staff, postdoctoral fellows, and students (undergraduate & graduate) who conduct animal subjects research reviewed by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) are required to complete an additional CITI course, Research Security Training (Combined). The course is now available through CITI and must be completed by September 30, 2025, and included with all IACUC protocol submissions.

IACUC protocols are approved for a maximum of three years. For projects extending beyond the expiration date, a De Novo (new) request using the IACUC Application form must be submitted.  Principal investigators will be notified approximately one month prior to approval expiration. If a researcher is not aware of their protocol's expiration date, contact IACUCFREEMississippi. 

Reporting Concerns: Concerns and inquiries concerning noncompliance and possible mistreatment of animals in 樱桃视频鈥檚 Animal Research Facilities may be made confidentially by submitting an Adverse Event Form to IACUCFREEMississippi.  Anonymous complaints may be submitted

In keeping with and 樱桃视频 IACUC SOP 8, complainants are protected from nondiscrimination and retaliation.

To access IACUC forms and guidance, click here.