Notice Number: NOT-OD-06-034

Key Dates
Release Date: February 1, 2006

Issued by
National Institutes of Health (NIH), (http://www.nih.gov/)

On Wednesday, April 19, and Thursday, April 20, 2006, in Richmond, Virginia, the NIH Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare and Virginia Commonwealth University will co-sponsor two days of IACUC training at the Omni Richmond Hotel. The first day is a traditional IACUC 101 course, which is a full day didactic and interactive training course that provides a basic yet comprehensive overview of the laws, regulations, and policies that govern the humane care and use of laboratory animals with examples and possible approaches for successful and effective administration. The second day is a special IACUC 201 course, which is a highly interactive program that takes the fundamentals of IACUC 101 and applies them to the process and mechanisms of ensuring compliance with a mock IACUC in the afternoon session to address complex scenarios.

The program and registration information are posted at http://www.research.vcu.edu/events/iacuc101201.

Margaret C. Quinlan
Animal Welfare Program Specialist
Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare
National Institutes of Health
6705 Rockledge Drive, Suite 360
Bethesda, MD 20892-7982
301/402-4325
Fax: 301-402-2803
Email: quinlanm@od.nih.gov

NIH is in the process of converting to SF424 (Research and Related [R&R]) forms and electronic submission through Grants.gov. Information on this plan and on registering for electronic submission is available http://era.nih.gov/ElectronicReceipt/.