NIH Finalizes "Just
in Time"
IACUC Approval Requirement
August 9, 2002- NIH published in the Aug. 7 Federal
Register [67 FR 51289] a
notice amending the Public Health Service (PHS) Policy
on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals to permit institutions
with PHS Animal Welfare Assurances to submit verification
of Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) approval
for competing applications subsequent to peer review but prior
to award. AAMC endorsed
this change when it was proposed on March 28.
NIH grants policy mandated that applications lacking IACUC
approval were to be considered incomplete; thus IACUC approval
was required prior to initial NIH peer review. This revision
permits institutions to submit IACUC verification for competing
application subsequent to peer review but prior to award.
This concept is often referred to as ``just-in-time.''
This change in PHS Policy is effective as of Sept. 1, 2002;
i.e., for all applications submitted for the May-June 2003
Advisory Council dates.
Information:
Tony Mazzaschi, Senior Associate Vice President
AAMC Biomedical Health Sciences Research
tmazzaschi@aamc.org
(202) 828-0059
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