ICCVAM Member Agencies

ICCVAM includes representatives of U.S. federal regulatory and research agencies that require, use, generate, and disseminate toxicological and safety testing information. This information is gathered for chemicals, products, and other substances. Participation on ICCVAM allows these agencies to work together to develop and evaluate new, improved, and alternative test methods and strategies.

Many ICCVAM member agencies have webpages describing specific research, development, translation, and validation activities important to alternative test methods. The links below will take you to those pages and to the main pages of ICCVAM member agency websites.

• Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
• Consumer Product Safety Commission
  • CPSC's Policy on Animal Testing
• Department of Agriculture (USDA)
  • More USDA pages

    • National Agricultural Library Animal Welfare Information Center
    • Animal Use Alternatives (3Rs)
    • Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
    • APHIS Animal Welfare page
    • Center for Veterinary Biologics
• Department of Defense (DoD)
  • More DoD pages

    • Human Systems Directorate
    • Toxicology – Defense Centers for Public Health
    • Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Biological Technologies Office
• Department of Energy
• Department of the Interior (DOI)
  • More DoI pages

    • U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
    • USGS Ecosystems Mission Area: Animal Welfare Assurance
    • Assessing Contaminant Hazards Without a Critter – Advancements in Alternatives to Animal Toxicity Testing
    • USGS Fish Toxicant Database
• Department of Transportation
  • Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
• Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
  • Office of Research and Development
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
  • More EPA pages

    • EPA New Approach Methods: Efforts to Reduce Use of Animals in Chemical Testing
    • Adopting 21st Century Science Methodologies - Metrics
    • New Approach Methods (NAMs) Training
    • Pesticide Registration Requirements and Guidance
    • Adopting 21st-Century Science Methodologies - Reduction Strategies
    • Assessing and Managing Chemicals Under TSCA
      • Strategic Plan to Reduce the Use of Vertebrate Animals in Chemical Testing
    • Safer Chemicals Research
• Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
  • More FDA pages

    • Advancing Alternative Methods at FDA
    • Animal Testing and Cosmetics
    • FDA's Predictive Toxicology Roadmap
    • Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research
    • Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
      • Roadmap to Reducing Animal Testing in Preclinical Safety Studies
    • Center for Devices and Radiological Health
    • Human Foods Program
    • Center for Tobacco Products
    • Center for Veterinary Medicine
    • National Center for Toxicological Research
    • Office of the Chief Scientist
• National Cancer Institute
• National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
• National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
  • More NIEHS pages

    • Alternatives to Animal Testing
    • National Toxicology Program
    • NICEATM Overview and Staff
    • Small Business Programs (SBIR/STTR)
• National Institute of Standards and Technology
  • Materials Measurement Laboratory
• National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  • More NIH pages

    • National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
    • Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare
    • Office of the Director - Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives
    • NIH Common Fund - Complement Animal Research in Experimentation (Complement-ARIE) Program
• National Library of Medicine (NLM)
• Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Department of Labor)