Welcome to the CUSP Sharing Site

Created by Help Desk Team, Modified on Fri, 24 Jan at 10:55 AM by Help Desk Team

The Compliance Unit Standard Procedure (CUSP) Sharing Site is an online repository where participating institutions can share standard procedures used in animal care protocols, supporting the development of high-quality protocols, while reducing burden for researchers, IACUCs and IACUC support staff.


CUSP is a burden-reducing initiative of the 21st Century Cures Act.


How does it work?

  • Community members will be able to browse and select procedures of interest to them and their home institution
  • Participating institutions will have a Designated Institutional Representative who will add and manage procedures and user accounts on behalf of their institution.
  • Multiple security features support a safe browsing experience.


Image showing different roles and responsibilities in CUSP


How do I learn how to use CUSP?


Institutional Representatives
Community Members (Read-Only Access)
Click Here to Learn About the Site
These articles provide general information about the CUSP site and should be reviewed by all new users. For example, all users will need to understand how parent procedures, child procedures, and endorsements are used. 

Click Here to Get Started Using the Site
These articles assist site users with completing CUSP site actions that are available to all site users (Community Members and Institutional Representatives), for example, searching for, viewing, and printing procedures.

Click Here to Learn How to Manage Procedures for Your Institution
These articles assist users with Institutional Representatives users with completing actions related to managing procedures. These actions are not available to Community Member users.

Click Here to Learn How to Manage Users for Your Institutions
These articles assist users with Institutional Representatives users with completing actions related to managing users. These actions are not available Community Member users.
Click Here to Learn About the Site
These articles provide general information about the CUSP site and should be reviewed by all new users. For example, all users will need to understand how parent procedures, child procedures, and endorsements are used.

Click Here to Get Started Using the Site
These articles assist site users with completing CUSP site actions that are available to all site users (Community Members and Institutional Representatives), for example, searching for, viewing, and printing procedures.


Have questions or need help? 

Submit a request to the CUSP Help Desk Team at https://cusp-help.freshdesk.com/support/tickets/new.

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