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Animal Use Applications and PHS Policy

Simplification of the Vertebrate Animals Section

NIH has simplified the Vertebrate Animals Section (VAS) of grant applications, cooperative agreements, and contract proposals to remove redundancy with IACUC review while meeting the requirements...

Posted: October 19, 2015, 9:54 AM

Human Subjects Research Protections

Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)

Those who cannot attend the October 20, 2015 Public Town Hall Meeting to respond to questions related to the Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects Notice of Proposed Rulemaking...

Posted: October 19, 2015, 9:50 AM

Biosafety Stewardship

October is “National Biosafety Stewardship Month”

National Biosafety Stewardship Month is a period during which institutions, such as UMBC, are encouraged to focus  efforts on promoting awareness of investigator responsibilities and sustaining a...

Posted: October 13, 2015, 3:27 PM

Human research regulations are being updated

Learn more of how these changes may impact your research

The current regulations, which were developed over two decades ago, are being updated by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to enhance oversight of research on human subjects and...

Posted: October 6, 2015, 9:35 AM

ORPC Research Education and Training Access

You Asked. We Listened!

In an effort to improve access to all of ORPC’s research related training, we have made changes to the registration information in our training pages that will make the process of signing up for...

Posted: October 1, 2015, 10:57 AM