Animal Payment Procedures

The LAF accepts all forms of payment common to the university. Typically your research grant funding source will determine how you set up your animal care accounts, but we can work with you to review your specific needs.

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Research Foundation - Project/Task/Award (PTAEO)

  • At the beginning of your project, please give the LAF office the Project-Task-Award account number to be used for billing purposes.
  • If it is a new account LAF will send PI a PTA designation form that will need to be signed and returned to LAF.  Sponsored Projects will not process animal care invoices without the PTA designation form on file in their office.
  • We send the original invoices directly to Accounts Payable for payment.
  • The investigator receives a copy of the invoice for his/her records.
  • For any questions or problems, contact the LAF at 829-2919.

State or IFR Accounts

Principal investigators must make arrangements with their departments to allocate funds for animal care and other LAF services.

  • At the beginning of your project, please give the LAF office the account number to be used for billing purposes.
  • We send the original invoices directly to Accounts Payable for payment.
  • The investigator receives a copy of the invoice for his/her records.
  • For any questions or problems, contact the LAF at 829-2919.

UBF Accounts

Principal investigators using UBF accounts receive electronic copies of theor invoice.

  • At the beginning of your project, please give the LAF office the UBF account number to be used for billing purposes.
  • We send the original invoices directly to Accounts Payable for payment.
  • The investigator receives a copy of the invoice for his/her records.
  • For any questions or problems, contact the LAF at 829-2919.

Payment by Check

  • Please make checks payable to Research Foundation SUNYAB and send to:
    • Lab Animal Facilities, 116 Biomedical Education Building, Buffalo NY 14214.
  • All invoices paid by check will have a 13% General University Service Fee (GUSF) added to the invoice.
    • This additional fee is to be charged against revenue generated as a result of all eligible activity through the use of university faculty or staff time and/or use of university facilities.
  • For any questions about this procedure, contact the LAF at 829-2919.