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<b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in;background:white">PROJECT OVERVIEW</span></b><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">The Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation (OVPRI)
is implementing a new </span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black;background:white">institutional animal care and use committee (IACUC) tool
to support animal research in early 2022. This initiative is part of the phased implementation of the </span><a href="https://research.uoregon.edu/manage/research-administration-portal" target="_blank"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:#0563C1;background:white">Research
Administration Portal (RAP)</span></a><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black;background:white">. </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">PROJECT STATUS:
</span></b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">On-track</span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">COMPLETED TASKS</span></b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<li><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">Onboarding with the vendor<o:p> </o:p></span></li><ul style="margin-bottom:0in">
<li><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">Earlier this month, the project team completed a four-week onboarding process with the vendor.<o:p> </o:p></span></li><li><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">Onboarding entailed meeting weekly with the vendor to review the IACUC system and identify system configurations and/or business process changes
that may be required for system implementation.<o:p> </o:p></span></li></ul>
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<b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">CURRENT TASKS<o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<li><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">Confirm and approve proposed requirements<o:p> </o:p></span></li><ul style="margin-bottom:0in">
<li><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">The project team has compiled a list of proposed requirements for the system.<o:p> </o:p></span></li><li><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">The requirements have been reviewed with IACUC stakeholders for feedback.<o:p> </o:p></span></li><li><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">Final system requirements will be approved by the VPRI.<o:p> </o:p></span></li></ul>
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<b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">UPCOMING TASKS<o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<li><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">System development<o:p> </o:p></span></li><ul style="margin-bottom:0in">
<li><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">Once the requirements are approved, the vendor will begin an iterative system configuration and implementation process.<o:p> </o:p></span></li><li><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">Each iteration will be tested by the project team.<o:p> </o:p></span></li><li><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">System development is likely to begin in August.<o:p> </o:p></span></li></ul>
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<b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">QUESTIONS/COMMENTS</span></b><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<li><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">If you have any questions or comments about this project or the changes the new IACUC module will introduce, please email rapinfo@uoregon.edu.</span><o:p> </o:p></li></ul>
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