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Verification of Grant and Animal Use Protocol Congruence Public Health Service (PHS) policy requires that institutions verify congruence between those components of PHS grant applications related to animal care and use and approved Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) protocols. With adoption of "Just-In-Time" by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), verification of IACUC approval by comparison of the grant with the protocol(s) occurs prior to award rather than prior to peer review. Priority scores typically are mailed to applicants 60 days prior to any possible award. If you determine that your score is in a fundable range, we recommend that you compare the procedures proposed in the grant with applicable approved protocols. Submit any necessary new protocols or amendments to existing protocols to the IACUC as soon as possible to avoid possible delays in funding once the NIH contacts the university regarding an award. Once an award is to be made, School of Medicine investigators will be asked to submit sections D (design and methods) and F (vertebrate animals) to the IACUC Training and Compliance staff for comparison to approved protocols and amendments. Investigators in schools other than medicine will be asked to submit the relevant portions of their grant applications and IACUC-approved protocols t the Office of the Associate Dean for Graduate Education and Research (for the Bloomberg School of Public Health and the School of Nursing), Associate Dean for Research (School of Arts and Sciences), or Associate Dean for Research (School of Engineering). Homewood investigators can also submit relevant materials to the Office of Research Administration at Homewood. References |