Obtaining Approval - Attachments and SOPs

Omission of essential information is a common cause of delays in the processing of an application. Attachments have been developed for specific procedures and situations to ensure that your application includes the required information pertaining to that procedure or situation.

Rather than use an attachment, you may choose to develop a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for a particular procedure or technique. An SOP can be used to replace an attachment or a number of attachments to the application form.

Download attachments

All attachments below have a Microsoft Word file format (.doc).  If you require these attachments in a different file format please contact Research Services on 49217733.

Download ALL ATTACHMENTS as a single file.

Download Attachments as Single Documents

Attachment A

Authorisation of Animal Treatment

Attachment C

Non-survival surgery (SOP can be substituted for this attachment - download SOP Template)

Attachment D

Survival surgery (SOP can be substituted for this attachment - download SOP Template)

Attachment E

Anaesthesia not associated with surgery (survival or non-survival) (SOP can be substituted for this attachment - download SOP template)

Attachment F

Blood collection (other than terminal collection) (SOP can be substituted for this attachment - download SOP template)

Attachment G

Polyclonal antibody production (SOP can be substituted for this attachment - download SOP template)

Attachment H

Administration of substances

Attachment I

Animals with altered genetic make-up (manipulated, modified, naturally-occurring mutation)

Attachment J

Capture of either native wildlife, free-living exotic or feral animals, for captive holding for research purposes

Attachment K

Transport of live animals at any time during the project

Attachment L

Death as an end-pointor LD50 test

Attachment M

Mandatory studies required by external body or for product registration

Attachment N

Re-use of animals

Instructions for completion of an attachment:

  • Complete only those attachments that are relevant to your application.
  • When completing an attachment:
    • All questions must be answered (even if your response is "Not Applicable"), and answers to questions must be typed.
    • Insert your responses in the boxes provided. The box will expand to accommodate the length of your response. The size of the box may be increased by adding paragraph marks. Boxes or tables may be copied by highlighting the box and using the "Edit, copy" and then "Edit, paste" commands.
    • Do not delete sections or amend the formatting of the attachments unless instructed to do so.
  • Where relevant, delete those attachments that are not relevant to your application. The remaining document should contain only those attachments that are relevant.
  • “Cut and paste” the relevant attachments to the end of your application.
  • Upload the relevant attachments to your submission in https://rims.newcastle.edu.au/login.asp