The Board of Trustees of Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) unanimously approved a resolution to negotiate with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to end all experiments on monkeys and turn the Oregon National Primate Research Center into a primate sanctuary.[1][3] The center is the largest of seven federally funded primate research centers in the US and contains approximately 5,000 monkeys and baboons.[2][3] Each year, it uses about 1,300 monkeys in experiments, while 4,000 or more are kept for breeding and other purposes.[2] The NIH is trying to turn at least one of these centers into a haven in favor of alternative methods like computer models and artificial intelligence.[1][4] During the 180-day negotiation period, OHSU will suspend the breeding of monkeys other than essential for ongoing research and stop applying for new grants.[3][8] OHSU is asking the NIH for continued funding for current projects, job protection for staff, support for faculty, and funding to operate the sanctuary.[3][7] The center faced charges of violating the federal Animal Welfare Act.[1][2]