Help with Forms & Applying

Applying Help

• Activities subject to IACUC review
• Which Form to Use
• Tips for IACUC Approval

Animal Usage Form Help

• Animal Request Table Explained: Purchasing, Breeding, & Transferring

Three Options for Submitting Animal Care and Use Protocols:

1. Email to:  iacuc@umn.edu

   The submission must be in the form of a single pdf file with the ACUP, additional Part B (if needed) and all appendices in alphabetical order, and the vertebrate animal section of the NIH grant (if applicable), and other associated documents (eg. wildlife permits, client consent forms, etc.). The file must be sent from the Principal Investigator’s x500 email.  

2. Mail to:
   IACUC
   MMC 79
   420 Delaware St. SE
   Minneapolis, MN 55455-0392

3. Deliver to our Office:
   D-520 Mayo Memorial Building (map)

Special Research Topics

• Finding Models & Alternatives
• Surgery
• Using Client-owned Animals
• Monoclonal Antibody/Ascites Production

Literature Searches

PubMed - National Library of Medicine(NLM) database of citations to medical journal articles

Locator Plus - Books, journals and audiovisuals in the NLM collections

CancerLit® - contains references to cancer literature published from the 1960s to the present

Medline Plus - NLM's consumer health Web site

Help with NIH Grant Applications

Guide on How to Write an Application Involving Research Animals

Explains procedures for writing an application and then applying for and maintaining an NIH grant application for research that uses animals.