Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)

The Animal Welfare Act requires that minimum standards of care and treatment must be provided for certain animals used for research, teaching, or exhibition purposes. All activities and procedures that use vertebrate animals at Fort Hays State University must comply with public laws, policies and guidelines, and be reviewed and approved by the FHSU Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee to ensure that such activities are in compliance with all federal, state and FHSU regulations, policies and standards in to ensure proper animal care and use. The IACUC is also responsible for conducting inspections of all areas where animals are housed and used, reviews the institutional program for animal use and reports its findings.

Please contact IACUC@fhsu.edu if you have any questions about animal use and care at FHSU.

Please click on the links to the forms below. Save the forms to your computer, complete the forms, then follow the instructions for submission.

Care and Use of Animals Policy	FHSU Policy. Please read.
IACUC Guidelines and Procedures	FHSU IACUC procedures. Please read!
Policy for unscheduled meeting	Meetings in addition to those on the schedule below may be allowed under certain conditions, such as the need to approve protocols for a grant award or contract. Please see the attached procedure for more information. Requests for reviews of protocols received after the published deadlines are discouraged.
Animal Use Defined IACUC Guidelines	Clarifies and defines the use of animals at FHSU. Approved by the IACUC 1/29/13
IACUC Form A (Research)	This form is to be used primarily for research, museum collections. Instructional activities that contribute to these purposes are also covered by this application. For example, use this form if students enrolled in a class are gathering specimens (actual or digital) for a museum collection. Another example would be for "hands on" activities engaged in by students such as banding, trapping, seining, and specimen preparation. There may be other covered activities. Please contact IACUC@FHSU.EDU if there are any questions.
SAMPLE FORM A	This sample IACUC application is provided for reference.
Approved Activities	Click to see the titles of activities that have already received approval by the IACUC.
IACUC Form B (Teaching)	This form is used for non-invasive, non-painful teaching, observations or demonstrations.
IACUC Progress Report	This form is used for the first and second progress report of an approved protocol. Third year renewal of an approved protocol requires submission of a new application for full committee review.
IACUC Amendment Form	Use this form for minor amendments to an approved protocol
Responsibilities	This graphic illustrates the responsibilities for submissions, particularly those from students and staff
Initial Submission	This graphic illustrates the process and outcomes for initial submissions
Approved Study	This graphic illustrates the process for activities that have received approval, but now require modification, amendments or approval for continuation

TRAINING- Campus training is available by appointment. Contact IACUC@fhsu.edu for more information

CITI Training now available online!

Fort Hays State University now has a subscription with CITI for IACUC training. CITI provides quality research ethics education that is available online, 24/7.

NEW USERS:

Step 1: Go to www.citiprogram.org.

Step 2: Click on new users

Step3: Select Fort Hays State University from t he participating institutions drop down menu.

Step 4: Complete the remaining information, create a user name and password and submit.

Step 5: When you login to CITI, you will be taken to the FHSU page. Select the appropriate course modules and complete your training!

PREVIOUS CITI TRAINING FROM ANOTHER INSTITUTION:

Step 1: Go to www.citiprogram.org.

Step 2: Login with your username and password

Step 3: Click on affiliate with another institution, and follow the instructions.

Other resources:

Fort Hays State University Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee Consultants

IACUC Meeting Schedule

Application DEADLINE					IACUC Meetings (Protocols submitted by the due date in the left column will be reviewed on the meeting dates below)

MAY 21, 2013 (Send application to Dr. Kobayashi y_kobayashi@fhsu.edu)					June 4, 2013
SEPTEMBER 15, 2013 (send application to IACUC@FHSU.edu)					October 1, 2013
NOVEMBER 19, 2013 (send application to IACUC@FHSU.edu)					December 3, 2013