The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)
If your grant is funded as the result of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), please inform us when you submit your Research Project Hazard Assessment (RPHA). This will allow us to prioritize our work flow as we will still have our regular workload.
If your project involves animals with infectious agents and/or recombinant DNA, please submit your RPHA at the same time you submit your project to the IACUC.
Even though you may have an approval from our office/the Institutional Biosafety Committee to perform your research if you received funding that involves new agents or new recombinant DNA you will need to obtain approval for these new agents.
For further information, go to: http://www.washington.edu/research/gca/recovery/
Review and Approval of Research
A Research Project Hazard Assessment must be submitted to EH&S if any of the following are used:
- Biohazards, which include:
- Pathogenic organisms (bacteria, ricksettia, fungi, prions, protozoa, and other parasites).
- Plants, animals or animal waste materials, which contain or may contain hazardous characteristics including pathogenic organisms.
- Human and nonhuman primate tissue, body fluid, and cell culture (primary or continuous).
- Recombinant DNA
- Hazardous materials in animal studies
New Projects:
Submit a Research Project Hazard Assessment (RPHA) to EH&S for review and approval prior to starting new research. Approved projects are issued an approval letter and BUA number.
On-going Projects:
RPHAs must be renewed on a 1 or 3 year cycle from the date specified in the original letter of approval.
Significant changes to existing research:
A new RPHA must be submitted for review and approval prior to starting work with any hazardous materials, agents, or processes under consideration.
Institutional Biosafety Committee Approval:
Research requiring Institutional Biosafety Committee review and approval must be coordinated with the Research and Biological Safety Office and requires additional time for committee review.
Select Agents:
Exempted Select Agents and Toxins:
The following links will provide valuable health and safety information for new or continuing research:
As you develop your proposal, check the following links to see if any of these pre-approvals or requirements apply:
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