{"id":299,"date":"2017-05-05T11:14:56","date_gmt":"2017-05-05T15:14:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cutheme.local\/animalethics\/?page_id=299"},"modified":"2026-03-17T10:14:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T14:14:49","slug":"scientific-merit-review","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.carleton.ca\/animalethics\/animal-ethics\/scientific-merit-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Scientific Merit Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Scientific Merit Review\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p>In the event that a protocol has not received peer review from a funding agency or other independent, expert peer review, the principal investigator will request Scientific Merit Review by contacting <a href=\"mailto:AccBio@carleton.ca\">AccBio@carleton.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Scientific Merit Review is then done through the Associate Dean (Research and Graduate Studies), Faculty of Science, before the Animal Care Committee (ACC) review of the corresponding protocol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The reviewers must be external to the research team and laboratory in which the protocol will be undertaken, and must not be directly involved in the protocol design or implementation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The reviewers should have appropriate experience and\/or knowledge in the relevant field, discipline or sub-discipline to adequately review protocol content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The reviewers should not have published with the lead investigator or have any other potential conflict of interest (e.g., personal, financial).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the event that a protocol has not received peer review from a funding agency or other independent, expert peer review, the principal investigator will request Scientific Merit Review by contacting AccBio@carleton.ca Scientific Merit Review is then done through the Associate Dean (Research and Graduate Studies), Faculty of Science, before the Animal Care Committee (ACC) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":125,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cu_dining_location_slug":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_page_type":[],"class_list":["post-299","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":false},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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