RAC Offices to Close During the Annual Campus Winter Break

The Office for the Protection of Human Subjects, the Sponsored Projects Office, and the Research Administration and Compliance Office will be closed during the campus energy curtailment beginning Thursday, December 25, 2008 through Friday, January 2, 2009. The Animal Care and Use Committee Office will be closed beginning Wednesday, December 24, 2008 through Friday, January 2, 2009. Offices will reopen on Monday, January 5, 2009.

SPO Proposal Submission

• Proposals with deadlines during the campus shutdown should arrive at SPO by Friday, December 12, 2008.
• Proposals due at agencies in early January should be at SPO by Monday, December 15, 2008.
• No deliveries will be accepted after noon on December 24, 2008; any documents left in the drop box over the break will not be retrieved and logged until January 5, 2009.

ACUC Protocol Submission

• The deadline for protocol submission for the January 21, 2009 meeting is Monday, December 8, 2008.
• The deadline for protocol submission for the February 18, 2009 meeting is January 12, 2009.
• ACUC will be closed on December 24, 2008.

CPHS Protocol Submission

• The deadline for protocol submission for the December 5, 2008 CPHS-I meeting is Monday, November 10, 2008.
• The deadline for protocol submission for the December 19, 2008 CPHS-II meeting is Monday, November 24, 2008.
• There is no CPHS-I meeting in January 2009; the deadline for protocol submission for the February 6, 2009 CPHS-I meeting is Monday, January 12, 2009.
• The deadline for protocol submission for the January 16, 2009 CPHS-II meeting is Monday, December 22, 2008.
• Important: if your study was given full board review last January and approval will expire before January 16, 2009, you must submit your renewal application in time for review at a December 2008 CPHS meeting.
• No deliveries will be accepted after noon on December 24, 2008; any documents left in the drop box over the break will not be retrieved and logged until January 5, 2009.