ANIMAL ETHICS
Anyone engaged in a research or teaching project involving animals
has an ethical and legal responsibility to consider the welfare of animals.
The Animal Ethics Committee is the body that reviews applications for
ethics approval in accordance with:
Requirements and Procedures
for Ethics Applications
An original (1) of the application is to be
submitted to the Animal Ethics Committee. (The application must be signed by the applicant, supervisor (if
applicable) and Head of School. The application must then be forwarded BY
THE APPLICANT to the relevant ethics monitor for the project, who will
review the application and forward to the Ethics Officer for submission to
the Animal Ethics Committee. Please see the link below for the ethics
monitor for your area. If in doubt, please contact the Ethics Officer Ext
4342.) PLEASE NOTE: ANY APPLICATION THAT IS SUBMITTED WITHOUT AN ETHICS
MONITOR'S APPROVAL WILL BE RETURNED TO THE APPLICANT.
An electronic copy (Application Form) must
also be submitted to the Ethics Officer.
PLEASE NOTE:
Applications will NOT be submitted to the Animal Ethics Committee unless a
fully signed hard copy and an electronic copy of the application has been received.
Please see
Application and Ethics Guidelines for details.
Please download Guidelines and
Forms to submit an Animal Ethics Application:
Application Form
Guidelines
Please note any ethics application received after the closing date
of a meeting will be held over to the next meeting of the Animal Ethics
Committee.
Please allow a maximum
of 2 months for passage of your application from submission to approval.
AMENDMENTS
To submit a request for an amendment to an ethics approval please
use the Animal
Amendment Form.
The form must be submitted
electronically to the Ethics Officer Tina Langford. The amendments
will be submitted to the next Animal Ethics Committee for review..
ANIMAL
ETHICS REPORTS
Please find
below the Animal Ethics Report Form and Guidelines for completion of animal
ethics reports. Reports on the
progress of your study must be submitted each year (by 30 April) for
activities conducted in the previous calendar year 1 January – 31
December. If you study is finalised at any time during the year, a final
report must be submitted as upon completion of the study.
Please find the animal
ethics report form and guidelines below.
Animal
Ethics Report Form
Guidelines Animal Ethics Report
NON-INSTITUTIONAL APPLICANTS
Those
organisations that do not have access to an AEC, may apply to the James
Cook University AEC for ethics approval. The JCU AEC will decide on a case
by case basis whether to accept the application. Once an application is
accepted and approved, non-institutional applicants must enter into a formal
agreement with JCU AEC, which outlines the shared responsibilities between
the AEC and the non-institutional organisation in relation to 2.2.43 of the
Code. (Pro-Forma Letter of Agreement Non-Institutional Applicants)
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