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class="layout__region layout__region--main"> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-inline-blockcomponent-text nsf-component"> <section class="text__container"> <div class="body-1"><p>If your project involves live vertebrate animals, the U.S. National Science Foundation requires that one of the following must be in place before it issues an award:</p></div> <div class="text__content text-formatted"><ul><li>Approval from an Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) and Public Health Service (PHS)-approved Animal Welfare Assurance. <strong>Or:</strong></li><li>A determination by an organization's IACUC that the project is exempt from IACUC oversight.</li></ul><p>NSF's policies on proposals involving live vertebrate animals are detailed in NSF's <a href="/policies/pappg/24-1/ch-2-proposal-preparation#ch2E4">Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide (PAPPG) II.E.4</a>. NSF's award requirements for projects involving live vertebrate animals are detailed in <a href="/policies/pappg/24-1/ch-11-other-post-award-requirements#ch11B3">PAPPG XI.B.3</a>.</p><p>Some key information from the PAPPG is highlighted on this page for your convenience.</p></div> </section> </div> <div class="block block-nsf-custom block-table-of-contents-block"> <div class="table-of-contents"> <h2 class="table-of-contents__title"> <img class="icon-document" src="/themes/custom/nsf_theme/images/icons/document.svg" alt="" /> On this page </h2> <nav aria-label="Table of Contents" class="table-of-contents__items"> <ul> <li> <a href="#justifying-the-involvement-of-vertebrate-animals-8f8" > Justifying the involvement of vertebrate animals</a> </li> <li> <a href="#timing-of-iacuc-approval-f8c" > Timing of IACUC approval</a> </li> <li> <a href="#timing-of-phs-approved-assurance-12f" > Timing of PHS-approved assurance</a> </li> <li> <a href="#additional-information-341" > Additional 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vertebrate animals, you must provide sufficient information in your project description so reviewers can evaluate:</p> <ul> <li>The rationale for involving animals.</li> <li>The choice of species and number of animals to be used.</li> <li>The proposed use of the animals.</li> <li>Exposure of animals to discomfort, pain or injury.</li> <li>Any euthanasia methods to be used.</li> </ul></div> </section> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="layout-container--wrapper nsf-layout nsf-layout--base full-browser-width"> <div class = "nsf-layout--outer"> <div class = "nsf-layout--inner"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--main"> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-inline-blockcomponent-text nsf-component"> <section class="text__container"> <div class="body-1"><p><a name="iacuc-approval"></a> </p></div> </section> </div> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-inline-blockcomponent-text nsf-component"> <section class="text__container"> <h2 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animals cannot be recommended for funding until your organization has PHS-approved assurance.</p> <p>If your proposal cover page included a valid Animal Welfare Assurance number, no additional documentation is needed to meet NSF's PHS-approved Assurance requirement.</p> <p>If your proposal cover page listed the PHS-approved Animal Welfare Assurance as pending, the NSF program director will contact the NSF animal welfare officer, who will initiate steps to negotiate this assurance with NIH鈥檚 Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare.</p></div> </section> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="layout-container--wrapper nsf-layout nsf-layout--base full-browser-width"> <div class = "nsf-layout--outer"> <div class = "nsf-layout--inner"> <div class="layout__region layout__region--main"> <div class="block block-layout-builder block-inline-blockcomponent-text nsf-component"> <section class="text__container"> <div class="body-1"><p><a name="information"></a> </p></div> </section> </div> <div 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