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About ORC

The Office of Research Compliance (ORC), located in Woody Hall 350, is the administrative home for the following federally mandated ethics committees:

• The Institutional Review Board (IRB)
• The Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)

ORC also oversees required training in:

• Responsible Conduct of Research
• Financial Conflict of Interest

ORC works closely with other campus units, including:

• Office of Sponsored Projects Administration

Laboratory Animal Program

• Institutional Biosafety Committee,
• Center for Environmental Health and Safety
• Director of Export Controls
• Office of Technology Transfer.