RAC Offices to Close During the Annual Campus Winter Break

The Office for Animal Care and Use, the Conflict of Interest Committee Office, 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 23, 2010 until Monday, January 3, 2011. Offices will reopen on Monday, January 3, 2011.

SPO Proposal Submission

SPO will process proposals due in December 2010 and January 2011 according to the VCR’s five-day proposal submission policy with the following exceptions:

• For proposals with deadlines that fall between December 23 and January 2, the due date to SPO will be no later than Wednesday, December 15, 2010.
• For proposals due January 3-6, 2011, the due date to SPO will be no later than noon on Monday, December 20, 2010.
• SPO will not accept proposals after noon on Monday, December 20, 2010.

Principal Investigators also are encouraged to inform their SPO Research Analyst if they will be submitting a proposal with a due date just prior to, during, or just after the curtailment period. This will give SPO and the PI an opportunity to discuss the best way to handle the proposal to make sure it is submitted in a timely manner.

COI Disclosure Submission

In order to be on the agenda for any meeting, complete disclosure packets must be received no later than 10 working days prior to the date of the meeting.

• The deadline for submission for the December 16, 2010 meeting is December 2, 2010.
• The deadline for submission for the January 20, 2011 meeting is January 5, 2011.

ACUC Protocol Submission

Please note that all protocols and protocol revisions must be submitted via email to acuc@berkeley.edu by 5 pm on the deadline date. If you wish to make changes to an approved protocol, you must first contact the Office for Animal Care and Use (OACU) to obtain a copy of the current approved version of your protocol. Failure to do so may result in your protocol being returned to you.

• The deadline for protocol submission for the January 26, 2011 meeting is Monday, November 22, 2010.
• The deadline for protocol submission for the February 23, 2011 meeting is January 3, 2011. No exceptions to this deadline will be granted as ACUC staff must process all protocols for the February meeting by end of business on January 4, 2011.

CPHS Protocol Submission

Important: if your study is “greater than minimal risk” needing full board review and the approval will expire before January 21, 2011, you must submit your renewal application in time for review at a December 2010 CPHS meeting.

• The deadline for protocol submission for the December 3, 2010 CPHS-I meeting is Monday, November 8, 2010.
• The deadline for protocol submission for the December 17, 2010 CPHS-II meeting is Monday, November 15, 2010.
• There is no CPHS-I meeting in January 2011.
• The deadline for protocol submission for the January 21, 2011 CPHS-II meeting is Monday, December 13, 2010. (Please note this is an earlier deadline than usual.)
• The deadline for protocol submission for the February 4, 2011 CPHS-I meeting is Wednesday, December 22, 2010. (Please note this is an earlier deadline than usual.)
• No deliveries will be accepted after noon on December 22, 2010; any documents left in the drop box over the break will not be retrieved and logged until January 3, 2011.