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One IACUC Protocol/Multiple Funding Sources Project Complete

ISC partnered with University Laboratory Animal Resources (ULAR) and the Office of Animal Welfare/IACUC on the One IACUC Protocol/Multiple Funding Sources project, which rolled out on September 14. The project included an upgrade to Penn’s Online Laboratory Animal Resources Information System (POLARIS) and new functionality being added to the Animal Research Information Electronic Submissions (ARIES) system. These changes increase the efficiency and flexibility in administering animal protocols by changing the method of cost allocation to allow multiple funding sources to be linked to a single IACUC-approved protocol. Additional benefits include improved compliance, system to system feeds of account and funding information, reduction of duplicative data entry, and improved tracking and reporting.

For more information on POLARIS, please visit the POLARIS website at https://www.ular.upenn.edu/polaris/. For ARIES information, visit the IACUC website at http://www.upenn.edu/regulatoryaffairs/index.php?option.