Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)

Every institution that uses animals for federally funded research must have its own Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC). The IACUC oversees the use of live, nonhuman vertebrate animals in all biomedical and ecological research, teaching, and testing performed by University employees or by users of the University’s animal facilities, or on University-owned animals housed at non-University operated sites. 

Before investigators or course directors can initiate any project involving the use of vertebrate animals, they must receive approval from the IACUC. 

Please visit Protocol Submission (eIACUC) for instructions on how to submit protocols and changes.