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Meetings and deadlines

The Gene Technology and Biosafety Committee (the University's IBC) meets to review applications every six weeks from February through to December

The Committee is also responsible for ensuring inspections of OGTR and University-certified facilities are conducted to verify that they meet biosafety guidelines (e.g. PC2 labs). The Committee Terms of Reference are available here.

Application deadlines and meeting dates for 2020

Meeting No.Deadline for Biosafety applicationsMeeting date
1/202024 January Wednesday 12 February
2/2020 6 March Wednesday 25 March
3/2020 18 April Wednesday 6 May
4/2020 29 May Wednesday 17 June
5/2020 10 July Wednesday 29 July
6/2020 21 August Wednesday 9 September
7/2020 2 OctoberWednesday 21 October
8/2020 13 NovemberWednesday 2 December

Please note that late submissions will not be accepted. Please email your completed application as a word document to the Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) Secretary.