Forms

FORMTITLEPURPOSE
ACEC-F1   Animal Research - Fieldwork Restricted to proposals for fieldwork (practical sessions) involving students under staff supervision, in collecting and releasing live animals as part of the requirements of a specific subject.
  Recording of new Research Proposal Application Form PowerPoint training session with audio.
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New Animal Research Application Form

Research Proposal Form

Research Description Form
Animal Research ApplicationThere are two forms that are BOTH required to be filled in for the research project. One is the administrative information (pdf) and the second one is the actual project description (Word).

There are guides to filling this form in:

Guide to 'Application for the use of animals in a research project'

Guide to completing the 'Project Description Animal Care and Ethics Committee'
Additional Team Members FormAdditional Team members formUse this form to provide details of any additional staff you wish to include as part of your project application, should the details of those staff not fit on your original application form. If you are seeking to add personnel to an existing project, please use the Project Modification Request Form.

Example 1 - Intensive Monitoring

Example 2 - Daily Record of care

Example 3 - Blood collection monitoring form

Monitoring Sheets - ExamplesThese are examples only and need to be modified to suit each project. The monitoring sheets intended to be used have to be submitted with the initial application and a sample of the filled in sheet will need to be submitted with the annual and final reports.
ACEC-R2Annual Report and Continuation of animal use request form for Research projectsThis form is used for the annual reporting on projects that have been approved for more than twelve (12) months as per forms ACEC-R1 or ACEC-W1. The annual report and request for continuation form has to be submitted to a full committee meeting before the authority expires.
ACEC-R3End of Project Form for Research projects To report at conclusion research projects or wildlife research projects approved by the ACEC.
ACEC-T1 Use of Animals for Teaching Purposes Application Form General purpose application form for the use of animals for teaching purposes.
ACEC-T2 Annual Report and Continuation of animal use request form for Teaching projectsThis form is used for the annual reporting on projects that have been approved for more than twelve (12) months as per forms ACEC-T1. The annual report and request for continuation form has to be submitted to a full committee meeting before the authority expires.
ACEC-T3End of Project Form for Teaching projects To report at conclusion of teaching and practical class fieldwork projects approved by ACEC.
ACEC-W1 Wildlife Research Application Form Modified ACEC-R1 to suit wildlife studies in the field (especially survey type studies).
ACEC-AE Unexpected Animal Event Report Form To report unexpected event/death of an animal.  
MODREQProject Modification Request Form To request modification for an approved project.        

Animal Use Consent Form; Animal Use Information Statement

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Consent and Release Form

Animal Use Consent TemplatesThese forms are designed for use by Principal Investigators of research projects that will involve privately-owned animals. There are two parts to the consent form, the 'Animal Use Consent Form' needs to be filled in and retained by researcher,  the 'Animal Use Information Statement' has to be retained by the owner of the animal for their reference. The third form is if you require to use images/audio of the animals and need consent.
The blue writing is a guide only and should be deleted for the final version.

Standard Operating Procedures (pdf) Template

Standard Operating Procedures (word) Template

Standard Operating Procedures templates Is designed for use for creating new standard operating procedures
Collaborative Research between Accredited Animal Research EstablishmentsCollaborative agreement template

Animal Research Review Panel Guideline 3 - Link to the document to define collaborative research and the template to use for the agreement to capture all the required information.

Exemption Application FormACEC Exemption Application FormNotification to the CSU ACEC of a project involving animals or tissues that is exempt from ACEC oversight

For more information, contact the ACEC Secretary to the Committee:

Erin Brown
ACEC Secretary
Email: animalethics@csu.edu.au
Phone: 02 6933 2791

Location
Research Integrity Unit
James Hagen Court
Bldgs 475 & 476 Bangala Way
Wagga Wagga NSW 2678

Postal Address
Research Integrity Unit
Charles Sturt University
Locked Bag 588
Wagga Wagga NSW 2678