Ten Top Tips for Animal Ethics Application Success
1. Writing with the purpose in mind
Seasoned applicants appreciate the true purpose of an AEC application. It is fundamentally different in nature to a research proposal, or a submission to a scientific publication. Its singular function is to enable the AEC to decide if the use of animals is justified - based on whether the scientific or educational value of the work outweighs the potential impact on the animals being used. To do this the committee must understand:
- why the work is proposed;
- why animals are needed;
- what will be done to the animals; and
- what impact the work will have on the welfare of the animals.
As information that is extraneous to this core rationale should not be included in the application, the wholesale “lifting” of text from previous research documentation can be inappropriate.
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