Details of Application Changes for Research Grants and Cooperative Agreements (May 20, 2010)
Reference document:
Enhanced NIH Peer Review Criteria and Complementary Section of Restructured Application Form
Are the institutional support, equipment and other physical resources available to the investigators adequate for the project proposed? Will the project benefit from unique features of the scientific environment, subject populations, or collaborative arrangements? / 4.4. Other Project Information Component [SF 424 (R&R)]Item 9. Facilities & Other Resources
Example 1: Facilities & Other Resources
(200 words)
The Linus Pauling Science Center (LPSC) vivarium is a 6,500 square foot rodent facility; part of the fully Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care, International (AAALAC) accredited and administratively centralized OSU animal care and use program. The facility is managed by the Laboratory Animal Resources Center staff. There are seven animal rooms with at least one ventilated cage change station per room and an adjacent procedure room equipped with a biosafety cabinet. There are two fume hoods in the vivarium. Animal rooms are equipped with individually ventilated cage racks for animal housing. The facility has a pass-through rack washer and autoclave, walk-in freezer, diet preparation room, necropsy room, and Imaging Suite. The vivarium floors are epoxy and walls are epoxy painted gypsum board and concrete masonry unit. There is a dedicated Heating, Ventilation,Air Conditioning (HAVC) system for the vivarium including filtered supply air and non-recirculating filtered exhaust. Vivarium HVAC, humidity and lighting are centrally controlled and monitored. If parameters are outof set ranges an alarm sounds at campus Public Safety for immediateresponse. The vivarium has a dedicated emergency generator. Access to the vivarium is restricted by card-key and there are security surveillance cameras throughout.
Example 2: Facilities & Other Resources
(200 words)
The Laboratory Animal Resources Center is a stand-alone,10,300 square foot, animal facility that contains ten multispecies animal rooms. The vivarium is part of the fully Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care, International (AAALAC) accredited and administratively centralized OSU animal care and use program. The facility is managed by the Laboratory Animal Resources Center staff.There is at least one ventilated cage change station per animal room and there are two biosafety cabinets in the vivarium. Rodent rooms are equipped with individually ventilated cage racks for housing. The facility has a pass-through rack washer, autoclave, necropsy, animal diet cooler, two fully equipped surgery areas,washer and dryer, and supply and equipment storage areas. The vivarium floors are epoxy and walls and ceilings are epoxy painted concrete masonry unit and gypsum board. Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning (HAVC), humidity, and lighting programs are monitored and controlled by a centralized building system. The HAVC system provides filtered supply air and non-recirculating filtered exhaust. If parameters are out of set ranges an alarm sounds at Public Safety for immediateresponse. The building has an emergency generator for backup power. Access to the vivarium is restricted to authorized users by individual passcodes.
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