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The Protocol-Grant Congruence Process

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IACUC Office Staff:

UW-Madison is required by PHS, NIH, and NSF to verify that the animal work outlined in the grant application is congruent with corresponding IACUC-approved protocols. Research and Sponsored Programs (RSP) will not release money to an investigator doing research with live vertebrate animals until RARC has verified congruence.

NOTE: sub awards are not usually subject to this congruence requirement.

During their review, RARC animal program assessment specialists will confirm that

What PIs and/or research administrators should do:

How to add your grant to your protocol:

How to request grant-protocol congruence:

The congruence office will automatically receive this request and will contact you if they need additional information. You can speed up the process by ensuring that the grant has been uploaded to the RAMP record. If it has not, please email us the grant (but ensure that attachments are less than 5 MB!).

The PI and anyone else who was designated will receive a congruence letter when the process is complete. In addition, the letters are archived in the “Official Letters” tab in the protocol workspace.

In general, assessment specialists need at least five business days to process a grant-protocol congruence request. If a PI needs to amend his or her protocol to be consistent with the grant application, the process will take longer.

Tips on writing the vertebrate animal section of an NIH grant

Make certain that all the procedures and agents to be used on animals are clearly outlined in the vertebrate animal section (VAS). Identify the species, strains, ages, sex and numbers of animals, and concisely describe the proposed procedures the animals will undergo. Include all experimental and control groups. Read the NIH VAS checklist.

Information on the veterinary care of the animals

PIs can use the following information to describe veterinary care at UW-Madison:

UW-Madison employs 12 veterinarians with experience and training in research animal care. The veterinarians and veterinary technicians provide care during regular business hours, after business hours via a 24-hour on-call service, and on weekends and holidays. All veterinary staff have workplace cell phones and email access. Additional veterinary support is contracted with area clinics primarily to serve outlying agricultural facilities. Veterinary staff are actively involved in preventative medicine, disease surveillance programs, clinical care, animal surgery programs, staff training, and investigator consultations.

All animal-use protocols are reviewed and approved by one of the UW-Madison Institutional Animal Care and Use Committees, which oversee the research animal program according to PHS Policy, the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, and the Animal Welfare Act and Regulations. The animal programs for the School of Medicine and Public Health, the School of Veterinary Medicine, the Vice Chancellor and Graduate Research Education Centers, and the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences are all accredited by AAALAC International.

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