Animal Care & Experimentation Committee

The ACE Committee is composed of eight or more members of the Society and at least one postdoctoral trainee member. The chair of the Science Policy Committee serves as a non-voting, ex officio member. The chair is appointed by the Committee on Committees with approval by the Council. The director of government relations and science policy serves as staff liaison. The chair of the ACE Committee serves one year as chair-elect, followed by a three-year term as chair and one year as past-chair. The chair represents the Society at AAALAC International as a member organization delegate, serves as an ex officio, non-voting member of the APS Science Policy Committee, and as an ad hoc member of the FASEB Subcommittee on Animals in Research.

• Bring relevant policy issues concerning the care and use of animals in research and teaching to the attention of the Society’s Council and the membership. 
• Develop and execute plans of action to address policy issues as needed.
• Organize the public affairs symposium at the APS annual meeting on alternating years.
• Conduct period reviews of APS position statements on animal care and use and propose new statements as needed.
• Carry out projects delegated by the Council. 
• Coordinate activities with the APS and FASEB Science Policy Committees.
• Submit a written annual report to Council at their spring meeting, as part of the consent agenda, providing activities from the previous 12 months. The report will be due three weeks ahead of the meeting.