{"id":8767,"date":"2026-04-14T16:30:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T20:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research-compliance\/?page_id=8767"},"modified":"2026-04-14T16:31:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T20:31:49","slug":"dod-funded-animal-studies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research-compliance\/animal-care\/dod-funded-animal-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"DoD Funded Animal Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Guidance for Investigators with Department of Defense (DoD) Funded Animal Studies<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The federal <a href=\"https:\/\/mrdc.health.mil\/index.cfm\/collaborate\/research_protections\/acuro\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/mrdc.health.mil\/index.cfm\/collaborate\/research_protections\/acuro\">Animal Care and Use Review Office<strong> (ACURO)<\/strong> (external link)<\/a><strong> <\/strong>announced that<strong> DoD-funded activities can no longer be included on the same animal protocol as research supported by other funding sources<\/strong> (e.g., the National Institutes of Health [NIH], National Science Foundation [NSF], other federal or private grants, internal\/pilot funds).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This change applies to new and three-year renewal protocols submitted to 91¸£Àû and subsequently ACURO on or after January 1, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For new Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) protocols with DoD funding submitted after January 1, 2026, submit them separately from protocols funded by other sources.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guidance for Investigators with Department of Defense (DoD) Funded Animal Studies The federal Animal Care and Use Review Office (ACURO) (external link) announced that DoD-funded activities can no longer be included on the same animal protocol as research supported by other funding sources (e.g., the National Institutes of Health [NIH], National Science Foundation [NSF], other [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1621,"featured_media":0,"parent":6660,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/page-withsidebar.php","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8767","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"taxonomy_info":[],"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"cdoiron","author_link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research-compliance\/author\/cdoiron\/"},"comment_info":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research-compliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research-compliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research-compliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research-compliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1621"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research-compliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8767"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research-compliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8767\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8772,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research-compliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8767\/revisions\/8772"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research-compliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research-compliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}