{"id":8786,"date":"2026-04-15T18:26:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T22:26:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research-compliance\/?p=8786"},"modified":"2026-04-15T18:28:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T22:28:47","slug":"update-for-animal-studies-with-department-of-defense-dod-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research-compliance\/2026\/04\/15\/update-for-animal-studies-with-department-of-defense-dod-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"Update for Animal Studies with Department of Defense (DoD) Funding \u2013 April 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The federal Animal Care and Use Review Office (ACURO)<\/strong> (external link)<\/a> <\/strong>announced that 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

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

For new Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) protocols with DoD funding submitted after January 1, 2026<\/strong>, submit them separately from protocols funded by other sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new webpage<\/a> on the 91¸£Àû IACUC website has been created as a permanent resource for this information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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 federal or private grants, internal\/pilot funds). This change applies to new and three-year renewal protocols submitted to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1621,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_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":"","spc_primary_category":5},"categories":[160,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-animal-care","category-news"],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":160,"label":"Animal Care News"},{"value":5,"label":"News"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"cdoiron","author_link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research-compliance\/author\/cdoiron\/"},"comment_info":"","category_info":[{"term_id":160,"name":"Animal Care News","slug":"animal-care","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":160,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":5,"count":2,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":160,"category_count":2,"category_description":"","cat_name":"Animal Care News","category_nicename":"animal-care","category_parent":5},{"term_id":5,"name":"News","slug":"news","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":5,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":59,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":5,"category_count":59,"category_description":"","cat_name":"News","category_nicename":"news","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research-compliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research-compliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research-compliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"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=8786"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research-compliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8786\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8792,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research-compliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8786\/revisions\/8792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research-compliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research-compliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/research-compliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}