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• Activities for faculty, staff and students (undergraduate and graduate) in all research laboratories will be suspended from 8 a.m. Wednesday, March 18, onward.
• Researchers should not submit any new protocols involving animals. Continuation of existing research studies involving animals will be considered on a case-by-case basis. These requests should be submitted to Dr. Jennifer Keyte, university veterinarian and director of Animal Care Services, via email at jkeyte@mun.ca.
• All fieldwork for faculty, staff and students (undergraduate and graduate) is suspended from 8 a.m. Wednesday, March 18, onward. Researchers currently in the field should return immediately.
• All graduate students in research-intensive (e.g., thesis-based programs) should work from home. Meetings with supervisors should be carried out using remote methods.
• Research groups should arrange meetings using remote methods.
• Research Grant and Contract Services (RGCS) is moving to a blended model of onsite and remote operations. The ÐÓ°É´«Ã½ University Researcher Portal (ROMEO) is accessible remotely and faculty and staff should continue to use it for submission of applications and awards to RGCS.
• ÐÓ°É´«Ã½â€™s Strategic Institutional Research Initiatives (SIRI) unit is moving to remote operations. 
• Activities at Technical Services are suspended until further notice. 
• ÐÓ°É´«Ã½â€™s campuses remain open. The suspension of research activities will be reviewed on a regular basis to determine when normal laboratory and fieldwork activities can resume.

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