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The Â鶹ÊÓƵ Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) is charged with ensuring compliance with federal regulations concerning the use and welfare of animals in teaching and research. The IACUC also strives to ensure that all uses of animals under the auspices of Â鶹ÊÓƵ are held to highest ethical standard.

The Â鶹ÊÓƵ IACUC operates from the Dean's Office of the Kopchick College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics. The IACUC exists to serve the entire Â鶹ÊÓƵ community by providing oversight of animal uses in teaching and research. The IACUC meets on a regular basis to review animal use protocols submitted by members of the Â鶹ÊÓƵ community, to ensure that the uses proposed are both humane and necessary.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ personnel wishing to utilize vertebrate animals in their teaching, research, or other endeavors must first receive approval from the IACUC. Approval is normally offered for a 12-month period; project renewal can be requested following initial approval.

All IACUC protocol forms (for protocol approval, renewal, or modification) are to be submitted in hardcopy form to the

Â鶹ÊÓƵ Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)
Office of the Dean, Kopchick College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
305 Weyandt Hall

Questions regarding Â鶹ÊÓƵ's IACUC or its functions should be e-mailed to iacuc-info@iup.edu.

Model IACUC Protocols

Instructors and investigators new to interacting with the IACUC may benefit by examining model protocols that were submitted by experienced users.

Provided here are two model protocols describing field- and laboratory-based experimental animal studies:

• Model IACUC protocol field study of wild animals(PDF format)
• Model IACUC protocol laboratory study of animals(PDF format)