Apply for an amendment

Requirements for an amendment application

It must not negatively affect the:

• welfare of the laboratory animals,
• possibility to attain the purpose or goal of the experiment,
• severity classification of the experiment,
• experimental endpoint or the humane endpoint,
• experiment duration,
• supervision of the laboratory animals during the experiment,
• housing of the animals,
• marking of the animals with a method that requires approval of the ethics committee.

Apply for an amendment

1. Check below which form you should use. Note that the forms are in Swedish due to the jurisdictional process of an amendment.

• If you wish to add or change the animal facility, use the “Administrative amendment” form.
• If you wish to change the ethics license holder on the approved ethics license, use the “Change of ethics license holder amendment” form.
• If you wish to change or add experimental procedures, use the “Change of experimental procedures” form.

2. Complete and sign the form electronically (EduSign), and send it to the animal welfare body together with the underlying ethics license and any previous amendment to awb@km.ki.se

3. The AWB will confirm the submission and gets back to you if there are any follow-up questions.

4. The AWB takes a decision on the amendment during the next meeting.