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Training Fees

Hands-on training workshops require significant institutional resources, including registered veterinary technician instructors, training materials and supplies, animal care support, facility use, and administrative coordination.

To ensure the sustainability and quality of the Institutional Animal User Training Program, fees are charged to the Principal Investigator’s (PI’s) laboratory after a student attends a hands-on session. Charging the lab — rather than the individual student — reinforces that training is a research cost associated with conducting animal-based work.

Guidelines

All online ethical core courses are provided at no cost.
Fees are applied after the date of the hands-on workshops.
Charges are applied directly to the PI’s laboratory account.

Unprepared Fees

Hands-on workshops require advance preparation, instructor time, animal care coordination, and limited seat availability.

Students may be denied entry and their PI's lab charged a fee if they:

Do not attend a registered session (no-show)
Arrive late
Arrive without completing the required prerequisite coursework & homework-quiz

This policy ensures responsible use of institutional resources, prevents unused training spaces, and maintains fairness for other researchers who may be on waitlists.

Fee Structure

Course	Fee
Ethics in Animal Research	Free
Animal Research at Western	Free
Rodents in Research Settings	Free
Rodent Handling & Care	$120
Rodent IP & SQ Injections	$80
Rodent Intramuscular Injections	$30
Rodent Intradermal Injections	$30
Rodent IV Injections	$100
Rodent Blood Collection	$110
Rodent IV Cannulation	$100
Rodent Retro-orbital Injections	$80
Rodent Footpad injections	$60
Rodent Gavage	$60
Rodent Injectable Anesthesia	$100
Rodent Inhalant Anesthesia	$100
Aseptic Principles of Surgery	$120
Surgical Closure	$120
Rodent Intracardiac Blood Collection	$80
Mouse Cervical Dislocation	$80
Rodent Endotracheal Intubation	$120
Rodent Intranasal Inoculation	$60
Competency evaluations and retraining for workshop attendees	No Charge
Competency evaluations for ACC-approved workshop exemptions	$60
Other species or AUP-specific procedures	Variable
Unprepared Fee (charged for unpreparedness, late, or no-shows)	$50

Contact Us

For any questions regarding training fees, please email training@uwo.ca.