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RED: Animal Care and Use

The Animal Care and Use (IACUC) module of the Research Enterprise Data (RED) system is used to manage IACUC protocols and other aspects of regulatory compliance related to the safety and wellbeing of live vertebrate animals utilized in research, teaching and other scholarly pursuits by the university.

What do you need to do today?

Submit an Initial Application or 3-Year Rewrite

Creating and Submitting a New Protocol

This guide covers how to complete a new IACUC protocol in the RED system.

Responding to Comments

These resources cover how to address comments made in an IACUC review as part of the approval process.

Generating a 3-Year Rewrite

These resources cover how to complete an IACUC protocol based on a previous version once it has reached its three-year expiration date.

Approve a Protocol as a Principal Investigator

PI Approval Process

This guide for principal investigators (PIs) covers how to approve a protocol that’s been submitted on your behalf by a Designated Editor.

Modify an Existing Application

Creating an Amendment

These resources cover how to create a protocol amendment in the RED system.

Addressing Comments

These resources cover how to address comments made by IACUC reviewers on a protocol that has already been approved.

Review a Protocol

Reviewing IACUC Protocols

This guide, for pre-reviewers and IACUC committee members, covers how to review an IACUC protocol in the RED system.

Close a Protocol

Final Animal Usage

This guide covers how to close an IACUC protocol, which includes submitting a Final Animal Usage.