Title Approaches to cost recovery for animal research : implications for science, animals, research competitiveness, and regulatory compliance / a report of the Committee on Cost of and Payment for Animal Research, Institute for Laboratory Animal Research, National Research Council

Published Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1998

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Description 1 online resource Contents Approaches to Cost Recovery for Animal Research: Implications for Science, Animals, Research Competitiveness, and Regulatory -- Copyright -- PREFACE -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- APPLICABLE POLICY -- EVOLUTION OF ANIMAL-BASED RESEARCH -- PROPOSED GUIDING PRINCIPLES -- CONCEPTUAL ALTERNATIVES OF IMPLEMENTATION -- EVALUATION OF FULLY LOADED DIRECT COSTS (ALTERNATIVE 1) -- EVALUATION OF CONSISTENCY BETWEEN ARFS AND OTHER INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH FACILITIES (ALTERNATIVE 2): -- OTHER CONSIDERATIONS -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES Appendix COMMITTEE ON COST OF AND PAYMENT FOR ANIMAL RESEARCH -- BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES Summary The costs of conducting research at universities and independent research institutes are covered by funds expended directly for research ("direct costs") and by funds computed as a percentage of the direct charges ("indirect costs") for such expenses as heat, air conditioning, lighting, and administrative services. Indirect costs are also called facilities and administrative, or F & A, costs. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has a policy, Circular, A-21, that provides criteria to determine which costs are direct and which are indirect. Animal models maintained under carefully controlled conditions (including behavioral management) more reliably yield high-quality scientific data than animal models maintained otherwise. During the last several decades, the quality of animal-based research and the care that animals receive in research programs has improved significantly. The changes have been driven by scientific advances and increased professionalism in laboratory animal science. Those advances, as well as more rigorous federal regulatory requirements, have required substantial institutional investment in facility and equipment modernization, staff and research oversight, and regulatory functions. Public accountability and credibility of animal-based research have also improved especially since 1966 when the Laboratory Animal Welfare Act, Public Law 89-544, was passed. These scientific advances coupled with increasingly sophisticated demands of biomedical research have lead to the development of the modern animal research facility (ARF) Notes Title from title screen Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Version viewed January 12, 2015 Subject Animal experimentation -- Economic aspects Laboratory animals -- Economic aspects Laboratory animals. Cost control. Laboratories -- economics Animals, Laboratory Animal Welfare -- economics Cost Control Biomedical Research -- economics cost control. NATURE -- Animals -- General. SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- General. NATURE -- Animals -- Wildlife. Cost control Laboratory animals SUBJECT United States https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481 Form Electronic book ISBN 0309582687 9780309582681

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