Presubmission

Presubmission

• Training:
  • Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) online training must be completed by all personnel listed on the protocol prior to submitting the form to the Office of Animal Welfare
  • The CITI course is a protected site. If you are a new learner you must register to create your own username and password to gain access to the site. For instructions on how to create a new CITI Learners Account or to access an existing UCF Affiliated Learning Account, you may click on the CITI Step by Step Instructions
  • To sign-on through the UCF portal you may click on the CITI Training icon provided below
    
  • Please see table for guidance regarding what training module you should complete:
    

     

  Title of CITI course	Who should complete these trainings?
  Field Animal Researcher/Technicians/ Students	All PI’s, Co-PI’s, Students, Post-Docs, Technicians etc. involved in Field studies
  Lab Animal Researcher/Technicians/ Students	All PI’s, Co-PI’s, Students, Post-Docs, Technicians etc. involved in Laboratory studies
  Animal Facility Technicians	Animal Facility Employees only

   

   

   

   

Safety Requirements

The following items although not related to IACUC, are required prior to initiating animal work:

• All personnel exposed to animals must be enrolled in the Animal Exposure Program (AEP)
• Environmental Health & Safety must be contacted prior to initiating any animal work so that they can conduct an assessment on any needed EHS and/or Institutional Biosafety requirements.

For guidance with these safety requirements, you may go to the Environmental Health and Safety website.