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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 <b><i>late summer 2022</i></b>. 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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<span style="color: black; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;"><b>PROJECT STATUS:
</b>Extended<b> - </b>Th</span><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">e project timeline has been extended
to a late summer 2022 go-live.</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"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></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<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;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">Communication about the extended timeline<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;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">A communication was sent on 12/10/21 to the animal research community
about the extended timeline and reasons for this decision.<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;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">For more information about the extended timeline, visit the </span><span style="color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext"><a href="https://research.uoregon.edu/manage/research-administration-portal"><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">Research
Administration Portal</span></a></span><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"> webpage.</span></li></ul>
<li><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">System development<b><o:p> </o:p></b></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;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt:none windowtext 0in;padding:0in">The project team and vendor completed system configuration and
development.<b><o:p> </o:p></b></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">User testing preparation<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">User testing was rescheduled and will take place in mid-to-late January 2022.<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 team is preparing and planning for user testing.<o:p> </o:p></span></li></ul>
<li><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">Library of standard procedures<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 is working to consolidate a library of standard procedures that will be used in the new system.<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">User testing execution<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">User testing is scheduled to begin in mid-to-late January 2022<o:p> </o:p></span></li></ul>
<li><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">Training and support<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">In the coming months, Animal Welcome Services will be developing and building adequate support resources for the new system.<o:p> </o:p></span></li></ul>
<li><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:black">Migration of protocol and personnel training records<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">Prior to go-live of the new system in late summer 2022, protocol and personnel training records will be migrated from eAPM to the new IACUC
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">Investigators and their teams will need to fully populate and validate protocols in the new system after go-live and prior to any protocol
amendments or modifications.<o:p> </o:p></span></li></ul>
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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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