Animal Research Ethics Committee (AEC)
Research & Ethics
Animal Research Ethics Committee (AEC)
Reviews all research involving animals, including protocol design, justification of numbers, welfare monitoring and humane endpoints. Governs all work conducted at CARF.
Committee structure
Members
How the committee works
Regulatory standing
CARF is licensed by MOCCAE (Ministry of Climate Change and Environment), UAE and by the RAK Environment Protection and Development Authority. Licence reference numbers are to be published by the facility.
3Rs statement
A statement on Replacement, Reduction and Refinement, as expected by international partners and journals.
Forms
Animal use protocol, statistical justification of group sizes, welfare monitoring plan, Research Animal Request Form (published on the CARF page as a DOCX download).
Forms to submit
Not sure which committee reviews your study? See Research Approvals.