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University of Northern Colorado > OSP > Ethics & Compliance >     

Research Ethics and Areas of Compliance →→ UNC Institutional Animal Care & Use Committee   The primary function of UNC's IACUC is to assist faculty, students and staff in upholding UNC's commitment to providing the finest care and most humane utilization of laboratory animals. To this end, every research, testing, and teaching project involving the use of vertebrate animals must be reviewed and approved by the IACUC prior to initiation. The IACUC shares with the investigator the responsibility for the ethical decisions made regarding the care and use of animals. →→ UNC Institutional Review Board   The use of human participants in research at the University of Northern Colorado is regulated by University Policy 3-8-104, enacted by the Board of Trustees to ensure that all research carried out under the auspices of UNC conforms to ethical standards:   3-8-104 Human Subjects. It is the policy of the University that all research and research-related activities, in which humans are used as subjects, shall be subject to review under current Public Health Service regulations by an Institutional Review Board (IRB). The involvement of human subjects in research covered by this policy shall be prohibited until the IRB has reviewed and approved the research protocol. →→ UNC Scientific Misconduct Policy   Any Academic Researcher who engages in an act or acts of Scientific Misconduct while engaged in University Sponsored Research shall be subject to discipline in accordance with the prescriptions and procedures established in this policy.

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