Care and Use of Animals in Research

The use of vertebrate animals in research at NJIT requires registration, review, and approval by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) at Rutgers University-Newark.

Research Compliance

NJIT relies on the Rutgers-Newark IACUC for review and approval of vertebrate animal research conducted by NJIT researchers in order to ensure compliance with all regulations, policies and standards that protect animal welfare.

All persons working with animals must receive training regarding procedures and equipment to ensure their safety and that of the animals. Training must occur prior to the handling of animals. The principal investigator of a research project is responsible for ensuring that personnel working on the project have received all required training.

NJIT researchers contemplating the use of animals in their research or in the early stages of preparing to use animals in their research should contact Dr. Eric Fortune (eric.fortune@njit.edu), Professor of Biological Sciences at NJIT and a Member of the Rutgers-University Newark IACUC, and Dr. Eric Hetherington (erich@njit.edu), Executive Director in the Office of Research at NJIT.

Information regarding the IACUC of Rutgers-University Newark can be found here: https://orad.rutgers.edu/iacuc

Animal Research Regulations