All research or teaching involving animals requires ethics approval. All requests for animal ethics permits must go through your supervisors and be approved by the Biological Sciences Animal Ethics Committee. The Committee meets 9 times per year. Meeting dates and submission cut off dates are published in the Biological Sciences AEC calendar.
Committee Chair: Associate Professor Alistair Evans
Secretary: Vanessa Calcinotto
School Animal Facility Manager:
Victorian Scientific Licences: Premises SPPL 20176, Fieldwork SPFL20468
Contact: biol.aec.secretary@monash.edu
Ethics Approvals and relevant Permits must be obtained and approved prior to the commencement of any animal work.
It is compulsory that all named investigators on animal ethics applications (Internal and External) must complete Animal Ethics 101 - Understanding Your Legal Responsibilities and Animal Ethics 102 - Getting Started - Using Animals at Monash. These online modules can be access through myDevelopment. External Users are required to create an account in myDevelopment using an online form to be able to access Ethics 101 & 102 training.
Reminders:
Reporting:
All projects must complete either an annual or final report via ERM by the submission deadline at the start of February each year for the previous calendar year.
Information regarding reporting will be circulated to all CI’s by the AEC Secretary prior to the submission deadline. It is critical that animal use records are maintained throughout the year for these reports to be completed. Projects must have an approved annual report to maintain continued approval.
National Parks:
If work is to be undertaken in a National Park, a separate permit is required. Please plan ahead, as these take 6 weeks minimum to process with some individuals experiencing delays of multiple months.
Work in other states and territories:
If you are proposing to undertake work in other states or territories, please contact the AEC Secretary to ensure the University has current and relevant licences in place. Obtaining new licences is very a lengthy process.
Permits are also required in some states, this is the responsibility of the Investigators to obtain, please be aware of the relevant state requirements well ahead of time to ensure relevant approvals are in place.
Work in non-Australian states/territories:
Where work is undertaken in non-state/territory jurisdictions further approvals may be required, please consult the AEC Secretary.