Live Animals
MSU policy requires that the All University Committee on Animal Use and Care (AUCAUC) review every project involving living vertebrates for appropriateness before the use of these animals begins. Principal investigators or project directors must obtain approval from the AUCAUC before initiating any research, testing, or institutional project involving the use of vertebrate animals. Graduate students whose thesis or dissertation includes research involving vertebrate animals must provide the Graduate School with the approval number (Appendix A-11 of the Department of Animal Science Graduate Student Handbook) and a copy of the AUCAUC approval letter.

For more information on proper procedures for conducting research on animals at MSU please refer to the AUCAUC website.

Human Subjects
As with the use of animals, any use of human subjects, which includes surveys and telephone interviews, must be approved by an institutional review board, which, at Michigan State University, is the University Committee on Research Involving Human Subjects (UCRIHS) prior to the activity beginning. Graduate students whose thesis/dissertation includes research involving human subjects must provide the Graduate School with the approval number (Appendix A-11 of the Department of Animal Science Graduate Student Handbook) and a copy of the UCRIHS approval letter.

For more information on proper procedure for conducting research (including surveys) using human subjects please refer to the UCRIHS website.