Rensselaer's Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) ensures that Rensselaer researchers provide humane care and follow ethical guidelines for all research involving animals.
The NIH Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare strictly regulates the care and use of animals in research. The federal mandate reads: "Each institution which falls under authority of the federal Animal Welfare Act (AWA) protects all mammals beyond but not including rodents and/or receives PHS support for research and teaching involving laboratory animals must operate a program with clear lines of authority and responsibility, a properly functioning Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC), procedures for self-monitoring, adequate veterinary care, a program of occupational health, sound animal husbandry practices and appropriate maintenance of facilities for housing animals."
- The IACUC reports to the Vice President for Research, who is the Rensselaer Institutional Official (IO) of record.
- Researchers must follow the guidelines described in the “Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals” (8th edition).
- Rensselaer retains the services of a licensed veterinarian who is certified in the field of laboratory animal medicine.
- Rensselaer provides occupational health guidance and care for all researchers and staff.
Ryan Gilbert, Ph.D., Chair
Robert Hull, Ph.D., Institutional Official (IO)
Brandt Burgess, Ph.D., Compliance Director
New submission process coming soon
For any questions contact Brandt Burgess at 518-276-4875 or burgeb@rpi.edu
- IACUC Protocol Submission Form
- IACUC Amendment Application
- Acquiring Approval and FAQs
- Administrative Approval of Amendments
- Approving Policies and SOPs Electronically
- Changing the Animal Identification Method
- Changing the Source of Animals
- Conflict of Interest
- Food Expiration
- Protocol Personnel Changes
- Reporting Animal Welfare Concerns
- Transferring Animals Between Protocols
- up to 10% Increases in Animal Numbers
- NIH Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW)
- Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals
- Public Health Service (PHS) Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals
- Animal Welfare Act: USDA Animal and Plant Inspection Service (APHIS) – Animal Welfare
- Animal Welfare Act
- American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) Panel on Euthanasia