The new IACUC tool is part of the phased implementation of the Research Administration Portal (RAP), a suite of integrated tools that will support researchers and staff as they work through compliance and administration activities.

The RAP IACUC tool will allow the UO to adopt more efficient research administration workflows that will help researchers improve their research capacity and provide a more transparent and seamless workflow.

Some features the new tool will offer are: 

• Improved visibility as to where your protocol is in the review process. When you log in, you will easily see if your protocol is in the pre-review state, being reviewed by the IACUC, or in post-review. 
• Integration with third-party training platforms, such as CITI and AALAS, for easy management of training records and requirements. 
• Infrastructure for a library of standard substances and procedures that supports IACUC review, versioning, and promoting research lab procedures to standard procedures. 
• A comprehensive view of research lab teams that includes team members, trainings, substances, procedures, and protocols.

Visit this webpage to get a sneak peak at the look and feel of the system.

We anticipate the new system to be live in late summer 2022.

Project Timeline

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  May 2021

  Project kick-off

  The RAP IACUC implementation project kicked off in late-May.

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  June 2021

  Onboarding

  The project team met with the vendor for four weeks to review the IACUC system and identify system configurations and/or business process changes that were required for system implementation.

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  August 2021

  Finalized system requirements

  The project team worked with the vendor on a series of design sessions to finalize requirements. The final system requirements were reviewed and approved by the Vice President for Research and Innovation based upon the recommendation of the project champions and team.

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  October 2021

  Development

  The team has started working with the vendor on an iterative system development and configuration process.

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  December 2021

  Development Complete

  Development and configuration have been completed.

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  Early winter 2022

  User Testing

  The team will recruit users from the animal research community to participate in user testing to ensure the system functions as expected.

Meet the Project Teams

For more information, visit our RAP IACUC FAQ page.