Awards

Saturday, 20 June 2015 22:09

In the table below you will find a selection of foundations and organizations in alphabetical order which support the development of non-animal methods of research with awards.

A selection in alphabetic order is here:


Denmark
Research Award of ALTERNATIVFONDET together with the fonds of Finnland and Sweden (see entry Skandinavia)
The Scandinavian Research Prize for Alternatives to Animal Experiments
http://www.forsoegsdyrenes-vaern.dk/text/norpris.html
www.forsoegsdyrenes-vaern.dk/


Finland
Juliana von Went Fund for Research Without Animal Experiments together with the fonds of Denmark and Sweden (see entry Skandinavia)
The Scandinavian Research Prize for Alternatives to Animal Experiments
http://www.forsoegsdyrenes-vaern.dk/text/norpris.html
www.jvws.org/

 

Germany

  • Baden-Württemberg: Ministerium für Ländlichen Raum, Ernährung und  Verbraucherschutz
    Förderpreis Ersatz- und Ergänzungsmethoden zum Tierversuch des Landes Baden-Württemberg
    https://mlr.baden-wuerttemberg.de/
    The government of Baden-Württemberg wants to reduce the number of animals used for scientific and educational purposes. A prize is announced to award research projects, which contribute to the replacement of animal experiments or to the reduction of the burdens of the animals in the area of science and education, as well as in the field of medical diagnostics and the testing of substances and products. The works have to conduce to the realization of the following aims:
    - Replacement of animal experiments
    - Reduction of the number of animals used for a certain appraisal
    - Reduction of suffering, pain or harm ("Refinement")
    - Improvement of the husbandry of laboratory animals ("Enrichment").
    As part of the funding, the use of animal-based materials such as animal-based serums or antibodies in biomedical research is to be increasingly supported. The switch to culture media that do not require fetal calf serum is to be prioritized for support.
    The deadline for proposals is April 15, 2024.

  • Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Science, Research and Arts
    Price for encouraged Science 2016
    http://mwk.baden-wuerttemberg.de/
    The price honors excellent researchers at universities and other research institutions in Baden-Württemberg who have left trodden paths and have taken risks during their research.
    The prize is endowed with 30,000 euros. Outstanding researchers will be awarded who
    - Have devoted themselves to scientifically risky projects and have been successful against the expectations of peers
    - have prevailed against resistors on the road to academic success (such as rejected scholarships or applications for financing of publication projects)
    - are working/has been working on a promising scientific approach whose result is based on preliminary work that are indeed "failed" in a scientifically productive sense, but has just enabled new findings and research paths.
    The proposed researchers should be able to possess a successful promotion. At the time of Proposals they not be older than 45 years.
    The deadline was June 30, 2016 (time limit).

  • Bavaria: Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
    Felix-Wankel-Tierschutz-Forschungspreis
    www.felix-wankel-forschungspreis.de
    The veterinary faculty of the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich is offering again the Felix Wankel Animal Protection Research Award.
    The prize recognizes outstanding, experimental, and innovative scientific work to replace or reduce animal testing, generally promote animal welfare, improve health or the quality of life of animals and animal-friendly accommodation of experimental animals, pets, and farm animals or to support basic research into the to support the improvement of animal welfare.
    The prize is endowed with a maximum of 30,000 EURO.
    The deadline for applications was September 30, 2020.
  • Berlin: Die Senatsverwaltung für Gesundheit, Umwelt und Verbraucherschutz in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Landesamt für Gesundheit und Soziales und dem Verband der forschenden Pharma-Unternehmen (vfa)
    Forschungspreis zur Förderung der Entwicklung von Ersatz-und Ergänzungsmethoden entsprechend dem 3R-Prinzip
    http://www.berlin.de/lageso/
    Goal is referring to the 3R-principles of Russel and Burch (1959) (Replacement, Reduction, Refinement) to restrict the animal performed in research, to replace them and - as possible - to avoid them. Furthermore, the suffering, pain or harm in animal experiments has to be reduced.
    Institutions, companies and scientists working at Institutions in Berlin and Brandenburg can be awarded, if they plan oder realize scientific projects by develope oder validate methods capable of:
    - replace animal experiments ("Replacement"),
    - reduce the amount of laboratory animals ("Reduce") and/or
    - reduce the suffering of laboratory animals ("Refinement").
    Otherwise projects can get awarded if there are suitable to pre-validate oder validate a method.
    This also includes projects that pick up existing approaches to develop them further in such a way that they can be widely applied in practice (pre-validation or validation).
    The price is up to 30.000 EURO. (The Berlin Government has added on € 15.000 €, € 15.000 is from the trade association of the research-based pharmaceutical companies (vfa)).
    The price can be split among awardees. The price will be awarded by the Berlin Government of Health, Environment and Consumer Protection at the suggestion an undependend jury of experts.
    The deadline for proposals was August 31, 2021. 

  • Doctors Against Animal Experiments Germany
    Herbert Stiller Award: 20,000 euros for animal-free research
    https://www.aerzte-gegen-tierversuche.de/de/tierversuchsfrei/wissenschaftspreise/3674-herbert-stiller-foerderpreis-2023-ausschreibung
    The Herbert-Stiller-Förderpreis is awarded by the association Ärzte gegen Tierversuche e.V. (Doctors against Animal Experiments) for outstanding innovative scientific work that uses non-animal, human-based methods to research and treat human diseases and makes a significant contribution to medical progress. In vitro studies, but also clinical work and epidemiological studies concerning the causes of civilization diseases are eligible for this award.
    The deadline was May 31, 2023.
    The prize is awarded every two years.

  • Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft BMEL)
    Expected: 42. Animal Welfare Research Award of The Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture
    https://charite3r.charite.de/en/metas/news/artikel/detail/expected_animal_welfare_research_prize_of_the_bmel/
    Innovative, ground-breaking scientific work can be awarded which contributes to the development of methods and procedures to replace or reduce animal experiments. According to the principles of the 3R, such methods also can be awarded which have the goal to improve housing conditions of laboratory animals in order to reduce pain, suffering, or harm in experiments (refinement).
    Primarily young researchers are encouraged to apply.
    The award carries a 25.000 Euro prize.
    The deadline was May 31, 2023. 

  • German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft DFG)
    Ursula M. Händel-Tierschutzpreis: 80.000 Euro für den Tierschutz in der Forschung
    www.dfg.de/
    For the seventh time the German Research Foundation (DFG) wants to award the Ursula M. Händel Animal Welfare Prize to those scientists who are considered to have made exemplary and sustained efforts to improve the welfare of animals in research. Scientists who are particularly concerned with promoting animal welfare in science and research can be honoured with this prize. The prize is awarded for scientific research projects that contribute to reducing the burden of animals used in experiments, to reduce the number of animals or to replace them (3-R concept: reduction, refinement, replacement).
    The prize can be awarded for completed projects as well as promising ongoing work.
    The animal welfare prize is endowed with up to 80,000 euros. It can be divided into several prize winners.
    Deadline for applications is November 5, 2023

  • German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft DFG)
    DFG Communication Awards
    https://www.dfg.de/
    Die German Research Foundation (DFG) announces the 14th Communication Award 2013, the Scientific Award of the Founders' Association for German Science (Stifterverband für die deutsche Wissenschaft). The prize is valued at € 50,000. Scientists are awarded who has been exceptionally successful in mediation of their scientific results to the media and the general public. Applicants can be single scientists or a group of scientists, they have to work in the german-speaking region. Direct applications as well as nominations are possible. Applications or suggestions have to be sent - primarily in digital form - to Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Dept. Presse- und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit, Kennedyallee 40, 53175 Bonn.
    Dedaline is January 2, 2024

  • Hamburg: Authority of Health and Consumer Protection, Department of Food Safety and Veterinary Services
    Hamburg Research Prize on Alternative Methods to Animal Experiments
    https://www.hamburg.de/forschungspreis/
    The following work can be awarded
    • the results of scientific research related to the development and validation of methods that replace or reduce animal testing;
    • the results of which are likely to cause pain, suffering or damage to experimental animals or to improve their posture.
    Universities, university hospitals and non-university research institutions located in Germany are eligible to apply as well as individual scientists of these institutions.
    The prize is awarded every year. The prize money will be 50000 euros from 2020.
    Deadline war October 15, 2020.
  • Hessen: Hessisches Ministerium für Umwelt, Energie, Landwirtschaft und Verbraucherschutz
    Hessischer Tierschutz-Forschungspreis
    www.tierschutz.hessen.de/
    14.000 Euro award for outstanding scientific work, that replaces or reduces animal experiments and similar investigations in research, education or during the production of biomedical products, as well as works, which lead to a significant reduction of pain and suffering of the used animals.
    The deadline for this year`s prize was July 1st, 2016.

  • Rheinland-Pfalz: Ministerium für Umwelt, Forsten und Verbraucherschutz Rheinland-Pfalz
    Forschungspreis zur Erforschung von Ersatz- und Ergänzungsmethoden für Tierversuche
    www.mufv.rlp.de/
    With a €20,000 Euro award, Rheinland-Pfalz supports the research on Alternative methods in research as well as in education. The price is announced every two years. It is possible to make an application from outside Rheinland-Pfalz. Further authorized to make a proposal are the Landesuntersuchungsamt Rheinland-Pfalz as well as animal protection organizations. The deadline for 2021 was June 30.

  • Saarland: Ministry for the Environment and Consumer Protection
    Saarland Research Prize 2024
    https://www.saarland.de/mukmav/DE/
    The prize will be awarded for innovative, future-oriented scientific work that contributes to the development of methods and procedures that replace or limit animal testing.
    Scientists, research groups, scientific companies and institutions active in Saarland are eligible to participate. The prize money amounts to 10,000 euros and can be divided among up to three prize winners.
    Deadline: January 5, 2024

  • Thuringia: Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs, Health, Women and Family
    Animal Welfare Award 2023
    https://www.tmasgff.de/ministerium#c90
    The Thuringian Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs, Health, Women and Family Affairs, which also includes the Animal Protection, calls for applications for the 29th Thuringian Animal Protection Award. Applications can be submitted by individuals, groups of individuals, agricultural businesses, as well as developers of animal-free methods.
    Prizes will be awarded in three categories: a total of 3,000 euros in the area of charitable animal welfare, a total of 3,000 euros in the area of animal-friendly husbandry of farm animals, and a total of 6,000 euros in the area of the development of suitable alternative methods for animal experiments.
    The deadline for applications is May 30, 2023.

International

  • Eppendorf
    Eppendorf & Science Prize for Neurobiology

    www.eppendorf.com/prize
    The Eppendorf & Science Prize for Neurobiology is an international research prize of US$25,000. Since 2002 it has been awarded annually to one young scientist of 35 years of age or younger for the most outstanding neurobiological research based on methods of molecular and cell biology.
    Application Deadline was June 15, 2017.

  • Doerenkamp-Zbinden Stiftung für versuchstierfreie Forschung
    Funding as well as awards
    see entry Switzerland

  • LUSH Fresh Handmade Cosmetics
    The LUSH prize for the replacement to animal Tests 2020
    https://www.lushprize.org/
    Nominations are now open for the 2020 Lush Prize, a global initiative, animal-free toxicology, and research. Awards are available as usual in the five categories Science, Young Researchers, Training, Public Awareness, and Lobbying. The prize is worth £350,000.
    A sixth category, known as the 'Black Box' prize, may also award a further £250,000 in any one year for a key breakthrough in human toxicity pathways research. All prize categories are open to both organizations and individuals in scientific research, industry, academia, public awareness, lobbying, and campaigning. All categories, with the exception of the Young Researcher (YR) Awards, are given for recent achievements and successes. The YR awards are slightly different, as they are provided on the basis of future research proposals, from early-career scientists of up to 35 years of age at the time of application. This category of Prize usually sees five candidates receiving £10,000 each.
    Winners from all categories are invited to present their work at our annual conference and awards events.
    The closing date for nominations was December 6, 2019.

  • MPS World Summit 2023 travel awards
    https://mpsworldsummit.com/2023-awards-and-travel-grants/
    The MPS World Summit 2023 Conference Organizers are pleased to announce several awards for the second MPS World Summit.
    The Conference Organizers will award up to 20 Student and Postdoctoral Researcher Travel Awards as well as up to 10 Travel Awards for Scientists from Low- and Middle-Income Countries. The Conference Organizers will also give awards for outstanding oral presentations and posters from early career scientists.
    Submission is open until January 31, 2023.

  • National Centre for the Replacement Refinement & Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs)
    NC3R: International 3Rs prize
    https://www.nc3rs.org.uk/
    Each year the National Centre for the Replacement Refinement & Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs) awards a prize to highlight an outstanding original contribution to scientific and technological advances in the 3Rs, published in the last three years. The award consists of a £28k prize grant and £2k personal award. Highly-commended entries receive a £4k grant and a £1k personal award.
    The 3Rs Prize is for a piece of primary research published in a peer-reviewed journal in the last three years and is open to any researcher, in academia or industry. The prize is awarded to the principal investigator, research team leader, or other nominated authors. The competition is open to international groups.
    Applications are assessed by a dedicated Panel, which also selects the winner. Selection is based on the quality of the published research and its impact on the 3Rs.
    The deadline for the 2017 competition was 4 pm (GMT) on Monday, December 4th, 2017.

  • Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM)
    Humain Award 2023
    https://www.pcrm.org/
    Together with the Swiss company InSphero, the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) will present the HUMAIN Award to five laboratories. Goal is to expand access to human-specific non-animal approaches and accelerate their adoption.
    The five awards may be for disease modeling, predictive safety and efficacy testing, or mechanistic and investigative safety testing tasks. Each award includes InSphero technology or services, training and tailored support from InSphero experts, as well as funding for scientific dissemination of the results.
    The deadline to apply for the HUMAIN award is August 23, 2023.

  • PETA International Science Consortium (PISC)
    PISC travel award for a student or early-career scientist
    The PETA International Science Consortium Ltd. is offering a travel award to provide a student or early-career scientist the opportunity to attend the Summer School on Innovative Approaches in Science happening June 22-25, 2020 at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, US. Focusing on innovative non-animal testing approaches, such as in vitro and computational methods, the summer school will include informative lectures by experts in these fields, networking events, laboratory visits, and more. Hosted by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine and the Johns Hopkins University Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing, the workshop is free to attend. The winner of this award will receive reimbursement for hotel accommodation and airfare. The summer school is divided into toxicology and biomedical sciences tracks, and this award is available only to attendees of the toxicology track.
    The application deadline was March 23,2020. 
    Click here for more details, including eligibility requirements and how to apply:
    https://www.piscltd.org.uk/jhu-award/
  • PISC: Early-Career Scientist Award to Attend LIVe2020
    PISC travel award for a student or early-career scientist
    https://www.piscltd.org.uk/live2020-award/
    Early-career scientists are invited to apply for an award to attend the two-day meeting LIVe2020: Lung In Vitro Event for Innovative & Predictive Models, held in Nice, France, from 2 to 3 July 2020. Awarded by the PETA International Science Consortium Ltd. (PISC), the award will give a postgraduate student, postdoctoral fellow, or new researcher the opportunity to advance their knowledge of in vitro respiratory models.
    The two-day event LIVe2020 provides a platform for international researchers to share their research on predictive in vitro lung models.
    The winner will receive reimbursement for hotel accommodation up to US$250 and airfare up to US$250 for travel within Europe or up to US$1,000 for travel from outside Europe.
    The deadline to apply for this award was May 2020.

  • The Johns Hopkins Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing (CAAT)
    Funding (CAAT Grants Program) as well as awards
    see entry USA

 
Scandinavia

Research Award of the däanish Alternativfondet, the finnish Juliana von Wendts Fonds and the swedish Stiftelsen Forskning utan Djurförsök.
Nordisk Forskningspris til Alternativer til Dyreforsøg
(The Nordic Prize for Alternatives to Animal Experiments)
http://www.forsoegsdyrenes-vaern.dk/text/norpris.html
Price: 60.000 sv. kroner.


Sweden

The Swedish Fund for Research Without Animal Experiments, together with the fonds of Denmark and Finnland (see entry Skandinavia)
The Nordic Prize for Alternatives to Animal Experiments
http://www.forskautandjurforsok.se/
see also http://www.forsoegsdyrenes-vaern.dk/text/norpris.html


Switzerland

  • Doerenkamp-Zbinden Stiftung für versuchstierfreie Forschung
    Doerenkamp-Zbinden Award
    www.doerenkamp.ch/
  • 3R Research Foundation Switzerland
    http://www.forschung3r.ch/de/information/index.html
    Die Stiftung Forschung 3R bezweckt, die Forschung auf dem Gebiet der Alternativmethoden zu Tierversuchen durch Finanzierung von Forschungsprojekten zu fördern, und setzt sich für die Umsetzung und Verbreitung der 3R-Grundsätze ein. Sie unterstützt vordringlich Projekte zur Erforschung neuer Methoden oder zur Weiterentwicklung bekannter Methoden (Validierung von Methoden), welche im Sinne der 3 R (Reduce, Refine, Replace / Vermindern, Verbessern, Vermeiden) gegenüber der heutigen Tierversuchspraxis Verbesserungen versprechen.

United Kingdom

  • InterNICHE supported by Proefdiervrij
    InterNICHE Humane Education Award 2009
    www.interniche.org/
    The 20.000 Euro "InterNICHE Humane Education Award 2009" to support an ethically and effective Education and paraxis in the sciences. The deadline for the current year expired in March. 

  • National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research
    The 2011 NC3Rs Prize
    www.nc3rs.org.uk/
    The National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement, and Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs) awards an annual prize for an original contribution to scientific and technological advances in the 3Rs.
    This prize is open to any researcher based in the United Kingdom.
    Deadline for submission was 25th of November.

  • The Marchig Animal Welfare Trust Scotland
    Award
    http://www.ufaw.org.uk/grants.php
    UFAW’s top priorities are to promote and support high-quality science that will lead to substantial advances in animal welfare, and promoting education in animal welfare - particularly at the university and college level.

 

Europe wide

  • European Coalition to End Animal Experiments (ECEAE)
    ECEAE Prize for animal-free antibodies
    To raise awareness about the advantages of animal-free produced antibodies and promote their development and application, the European Coalition to End Animal Experiments (ECEAE) is announcing for the first time a Prize for animal-free antibodies. The aim of this prize is to highlight the versatility and superiority of animal-free antibodies and encourage their acceptance and use for research and therapeutic purposes.
    The applicants must fulfill the following criteria:
    • The application should focus on the innovative development and/or application of animal-free antibodies for research or medical purposes
    • The application can be for ongoing or completed projects
    • The project must not contain any animal experiments or animal-derived products such as fetal calf serum (FCS), bovine serum albumin (BSA), milk powder, etc.
    • The applicants must be based on the continent of Europe. Applicants from EU and non-EU member states in Europe are welcome to apply.

    The applicants must be prepared to accept the prize at an event in Brussels in the spring of 2022 and give a short presentation. Travel expenses will be covered.
    The prize amounts to €10.000 and can be awarded to an individual researcher or a researcher consortium, a university department, an industrial company, or other types of research facility.
    Application Deadline was 15th of January 2022
    Contact person:
    Dr. Dilyana Filipova
    E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
    Phone: +49 22039040985

  • European Partnership for Alternative Approaches to Animal Testing (EPAA)
    EPAA: 3Rs SCIENCE PRIZE 2022
    https://ec.europa.eu/growth/calls-expression-interest/3rs-science-prize-2022-call-submissions_en
    The European Partnership for Alternatives Approaches to Animal Testing (EPAA) aims to promote the development, validation, and acceptance of 3Rs alternative approaches (replacement, reduction, and refinement of testing on animals). The 3Rs science prize is granted every two years to a scientist with an outstanding contribution to the 3Rs.
    EPAA wants to promote positive contributions from industry or academia and encourage more scientists to focus their research on 3Rs goals. Scientists working on relevant methods for regulatory testing (e.g. safety, efficacy, batch testing) that provide an outstanding contribution to the use of the 3Rs may apply for the prize.
    Application deadline: October 3, 2022 at 12:00 (noon) Brussels time.

  • European Partnership for Alternative Approaches to Animal Testing (EPAA)
    EPAA: 3Rs student's grants 2020
    https://ec.europa.eu/growth/content/3rs-student-grants-2019-call-submissions_en
    The European Partnership for Alternative Approaches to Animal Testing (EPAA) supports students doing outstanding work in alternative approaches to attend a high-profile scientific event.
    The jury will comprise 4 representatives of the EPAA Steering Committee (2 from the Industry and two from the European Commission) who will judge the applications.
    Three congress participation are eligible, the FELASA, the EUSAAT and the EUROTOX Congress.
    Deadline was:
    ESTIV - The European Society of Toxicology In Vitro (8-11 June)                                         May 4, 2020
    11th World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in Life Sciences (23-27 August)             July 6, 2020
    EUROTOX annual congress – Federation of European Toxicologists (6–9 September)             July 13, 2020

  • European Society of Toxicology In Vitro (ESTIV)
    Early Career Award 2020
    https://estiv.org
    The European Society of Toxicology In Vitro (ESTIV) will grant an early career award for the first time in 2020 and intends to do so every 2 years coinciding with its biennial conferences. The award will be given to an early career scientist in recognition of an outstanding and significant contribution to the field of in vitro and/or in silico toxicology.
    The prize is worth 500 euros. The winner will be invited to the ESTIV conference taking place from 8 - 11 June 2020 in Barcelona (Spain) with a full registration waiver, coverage of travel and accommodation costs, and guest lecture.
    The deadline for applications was December 1, 2019.
    Applicants must be a member of ESTIV for at least 1 year. They must have received a master's degree, allowing them to commence a PhD. For more information contact the ESTIV president Prof. Mathieu Vinken, mathieu.vinken[at]vub.be.

  • VPH Institute
    Early Career Award Best VPHi Thesis Award in in Silico Medicine 2021
    https://www.vph-institute.org/news/2021-best-vphi-thesis-award-in-in-silico-medicine.html
    The goal of the Best VPHi Thesis Award in In Silico Medicine is to reward individuals for
    outstanding achievements during their PhD thesis based on
    - Capacity or knowledge gap
    - Methodological Approach
    - Research outputs
    - International integration
    Deadline: The application should be sent by 30 April 2021.

  • VPH Institute
    2021 VPHi-InSilicoTrials PhD thesis Award in In Silico Medicine for potential application in industrial R&D
    https://www.vph-institute.org/news/2021-vphi-insilicotrials-phd-thesis-award-in-insilico-medicine-for-potential-application-in-industri.html
    In particular, this award aims to encourage young researchers to think about the translational potential of their research, like:
    - addressable market
    - product development phase that would benefit from the model/simulation
    - IP ownership
    - patentability
    - industrial use readiness
    Deadline: The application should be sent by 30 April 2021.

     

USA

  • National Institute of Health (NIH)
    http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-TR-16-017.html
    The purpose of the Microphysiological Systems (MPS) for Disease Modeling and Efficacy Testing Program is to develop highly reproducible and translatable in vitro models for preclinical efficacy studies through discovery and validation of translatable biomarkers, development of standardized methods for preclinical efficacy testing and definitive efficacy testing of candidate therapeutics using best practices and rigorous study design. An essential feature will be a multidisciplinary approach that brings together experts in bioengineering, microfluidics, material science, “omic” sciences, computational biology, disease biology, pathology, electrophysiology, pharmacology, biostatistics and clinical science.
    Letter of Intent Due Date(s): New Date as per issuance of NOT-TR-17-005 – November 13, 2016
    Application Due Date(s): New Date as per issuance of NOT-TR-17-005 – December 13, 2016 by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization.

  • Humane Society of the United States
    2021 Russell and Burch Award
    https://www.humanesociety.org/resources/humane-society-united-states-solicits-nominations-2021-russell-and-burch-award
    The Humane Society of the United States welcomes nominations of scientists who have made outstanding contributions to the advancement of alternative
    methods in the areas of research, testing or higher education for the Russell and Burch Award.
    Deadline: Nominations should be submitted by April 30, 2021.

  • Johns Hopkins Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing (CAAT)
    2013 Animal Welfare Enhancement Awards
    http://caat.jhsph.edu/programs/awards/
    The Johns Hopkins Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing (CAAT) wants to be a leading force in the development and use of 3R alternatives in research, testing, and education to protect and enhance the health of the public. In addition to other CAAT seeks nominations for these awards:

    CAAT’s 2022 Reduction Award
    https://caat.jhsph.edu/programs/awards/
    The grant is intended for researchers who conduct systematic reviews, meta-analyses, or citation analyses of animal studies or similar work with the goal to reduce animal use in science.
    The Award includes prize money of USD 6,000.
    The deadline for receipt of submissions is December 4, 2022.

    CAAT’s 2022 Humane Education Award
    https://caat.jhsph.edu/programs/awards/
    The Humane Education Award is given for the development of animal-free training resources for veterinary, medical or laboratory courses. The grant is intended for educators and training material developers with the goal to foster respect and compassion for animals.
    The Award includes prize money of USD 6,000.
    The deadline for receipt of submissions is December 4, 2022.

    CAAT Recognition Award
    This award, presented at every World Congress, honors an individual or organization that has made an outstanding contribution to the field of the 3Rs, the development of alternative methods, or the field of in vitro science.

    Henry Spira Award
    This award was established in 1999 to honor the memory of Henry Spira, a pioneer in the animal rights movement whose campaign for the use of alternative methods led to the founding of CAAT. It was created to honor animal activists in the animal welfare, protection, or rights movements who work to achieve progress through dialogue and collaboration.
    Please provide a nomination letter, the individual’s CV and limited other material that supports your nominee. Deadline for submission was May 15, 2013.

    Next Generation Humane Science Award
    https://caat.jhsph.edu/programs/awards/HumaneScience.htmlThe Next Generation Humane Science Award is available annually to young scientists to acknowledge and encourage researchers who focus on replacing the use of animals in experiments. The 2023 award will be a 1st prize of $5,000 to recognize the outstanding work of one young scientist. Depending on the amount and quality of the applications, a 2nd place $4,000 award may be issued as well. Please email your completed application to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
    Complete Applications Due by 11:59 PM EST on May 31, 2023

  • The Society for In Vitro Biology (SIVB)
    Student Award Program
    http://www.sivb.org/
    The Society for In Vitro Biology (SIVB) Student Award Program provides recognition and financial support for students who have contributed and made outstanding achievements in the field of in vitro biology.
    Note: Student Award Application Deadline was January 31, 2012.
    Students competing for awards may apply for multiple awards, must satisfy specific award criteria, and must present their papers at the SIVB meeting. Winners will be notified prior to the meeting. The student awardees must present their submitted research papers and be present at the 2011 SIVB Business Meeting on Tuesday evening.Should you have questions, please contact the SIVB office in Raleigh at (919) 562-0600(919) 562-0600, or Dr. Pamela Weathers, Chair, Student Affairs and Awards Committee, at (508) 831-5196(508) 831-5196, email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

  • Humane Society of the United States (HSUS)
    Russell & Burch Award
    http://altweb.jhsph.edu/
    The Humane Society of the United States presents the Russell and Burch Award to scientists who have made outstanding contributions to the advancement of alternative methods in the areas of biomedical research, testing, or higher education. Candidates for the award are judged on the scientific merit of their contribution to the alternatives field, as well as their impact and professional commitment to this field. Applicants should have a history of laboratory work that is above reproach on humane grounds.
    Nominations were submitted until April 10, 2011, to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

  • Best VPHi Thesis Award in In Silico Medicine
    https://vph2020.sciencesconf.org/
    The award consists of a money price of 1000 €. The winner will also be invited to give a lecture at the upcoming VPH2020 Conference, that will be held from the 26th to the 28th of
    August in Paris (France). Full information can be found here: https://vph2020.sciencesconf.org/
    Application deadline: April 30, 2020.

 

 

Grants and Funding

Tuesday, 23 June 2015 19:04

In the list below you will find a selection of foundations and organizations in alphabetical order which support the development of non-animal methods of research.

 
Austria

  • FWF Austrian Science Fund
    https://www.fwf.ac.at/
    The Austrian Science Fund (FWF) offers an Austria-wide funding program for research into alternative methods to animal testing with funding from the Ministry of Science. The aim is to further accelerate the establishment of alternative methods based on the 3R principle.
    The 4th call for proposals runs from February 12 to May 13, 2024.

Denmark

  • ALTERNATIVFONDET
    Funding as well as awards
    www.forsoegsdyrenes-vaern.dk
    The Danish Forsøgsdyrenes Værn and Alternativfondet announce financial support for research into and development of alternatives to animal experiments. The overall amount of funding available is
    1 million Danish kroner (app. euros 134,415)
    To be considered for support it is not enough that your research is carried out without the use of animals. The research must genuinely contribute to the replacement of animals with other methods.
    The deadline for applications was the 1st of August 2017.
    To find out more go either to http://forsoegsdyrenes-vaern.dk/ or to http://alternativfondet.dk and click on the menu item Forskningsstøtte.
    There you can fill in a form to request further information.


Finnland

  • Juliana von Went Fund for Research Without Animal Experiments
    Funding as well as awards
    www.jvws.org/

Germany

  • Doctors Against Animal Experiments Germany
    Funding/award
    www.doctors-against-animal-experiments.org
    Doctors Against Animal Experiments Germany are awarding a 10.000 euro science prize for animal-free cancer research. Supported/awarded will be outstanding scientific work carried out without the use of animal materials, as well as clinical or epidemiological studies. It may be awarded retrospectively for completed or current research or as an initial incentive for a planned project. The prize may be awarded in toto or shared by more than one recipient.
    The research located in Germany or other German-speaking countries.
    The application deadline was 30.03.2011.

  • Baden-Württemberg Ministry of Rural Development and Consumer Protection
    Program "Development of Alternative and Complementary Methods to Animal Testing" of the State of Baden-Württemberg
    The State Government supports the development of new, non-animal research methods and approaches to reducing the number of animals and the stress for the animals with a funding program. Besides work, which directly reduces the number and impact of experimental animals such scientific projects are also eligibly dealing with the evaluation of methods to reduce animal experiments, or work targeting to improve the detection of these methods or methods which give an ethical review of animal experiments. Also eligible are scientific approaches to develop
    animal-free courses of studies in the life sciences.
    For this funding are 200,000 -. € available.
    The application deadline is May 15, 2022.

  • Berlin Animal Protection Commissioner
    https://www.berlin.de/lb/tierschutz/berliner-forschungspreis/artikel.1258331.php
    Several grants available for the development & application of human-relevant, animal-free methods in research and teaching are available.
    1. Early Career Scientist Award (€30,000):
    The proposal for a new project for the development and/or application of NAMs (Non-Animal Methods; New Approach Methodologies) in biomedical research must have demonstrable potential to replace and reduce animal use in this field.
    National, as well as international scientists, can apply.
    2. Ongoing Project Award (€30,000):
    The project must be developing and/or using NAMs, the applicant needs to demonstrate how the additional funding will allow the project to reach its potential in helping to replace animal experiments in biomedical research.
    National, as well as international scientists, can apply.
    3. Two projects for the Development of New Animal-free Teaching Materials (€10,000 each):
    The projects have to be suitable to replace the previously practiced use of animals within the framework of training or studies in the fields of anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, cell biology, clinical skills, and surgery as well as pharmacology.
    National, as well as international lecturers and teaching material developers, can apply.
    4. NAMs Teaching Grant (jeweils 5.000 €):
    Moreover, lecturers based in Berlin who train students and scientists in the use of animal-free NAMs can apply for a NAMs Teaching Grant (€5,000 each) to equip and run their teaching labs. The money may be used for setting up and running new hands-on training courses and workshops to train the next generation of NAMs scientists.
    These grants are reserved for lecturers who are teaching and training in Berlin.
    The application deadline is December 5th, 2022, at 11.59 pm CET.
    Information on how to apply: https://lnkd.in/eAVYZprp
    For further questions, please contact: Dr. Kathrin Herrmann, Berlin Animal Protection Commissioner Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

  • Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung) - Center for the Protection of Laboratory Animals (Bf3R)
    www.bfr.bund.de/
    The German Centre for the Protection of Experimental Animals (Bf3R) awards funding for young scientists. The total budget is 350,000 euros with which up to 10 projects can be funded each year.
    Feasibility studies (proof-of-concept) with the aim of replacing or reducing animal experiments in the fields of biomedical basic research involving a particularly large number of animals (e.g. cancer research) or in which the individual animal is exposed to severely suffering (e.g. sepsis or wound healing experiments) are of high priority.
    Additionally, those projects are taken into account that involve the detection, classification and reduction of pain, suffering or harm in laboratory animals or deal with the improvement of husbandry conditions  (refinement).
    The development and application of innovative methods and technologies in the field of cell and tissue culture, molecular biology, genetics and microscopy, as well as bioimaging and in-silico methods are explicitly desired.
    Deadline was 31 May 2019.

  • Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, BMBF)
    Directive to promote natural history studies of rare diseases, taking into account unmet medical needs
    A limited number of transnational, ambitious, innovative, and high-quality studies on the natural course of rare diseases will be funded, which should enable a better understanding of the course of the disease over the entire life span of a patient.
    This may include the use of relevant cell models to validate novel endpoints and biomarkers from disease progression studies.
    In the first stage of the procedure, project outlines must initially be submitted in an electronic form to the EJPRD Secretariat, located at the French National Research Agency (ANR), no later than February 15, 2023, 14:00 CET.

  • Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, BMBF)
    Funding Guideline "alternative methods to animal experiments"
    Module I supports research and development projects as well as projects in order to validate methods in the field of "Alternative methods to animal experiments" according to the 3R concept of Russel & Burch.
    Here, research and development projects can be funded, which may replace or reduce the use of animals by new methods, or those projects which may limit the burden of the animals to an indispensable extent.
    Module II supports concepts for the dissemination of knowledge about alternative methods to animal testing, such as training and education, as well as strategies for the implementation of alternative methods are supported.
    Both individual projects, as well as collaborative research projects, can be funded.
    Eligible applicants include universities, non-university research institutions, and companies located in Germany. The funding management
    is done via the Project Management Jülich.
    The deadline for applications is the 15th of March each year.

  • Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, BMBF)
    Bilateral Cooperation in Computational Neuroscience: Germany - USA
    The aim of this measure is to achieve joint cooperative progress in the methodological investigation and understanding of complex neuroscientific issues by networking scientists working in the field of Computational Neuroscience through scientific transnational exchange and interdisciplinary collaboration of the relevant disciplines.
    The "Bilateral Collaboration in Computational Neuroscience: Germany - USA" is a transnational research funding initiative between Germany and the United States of America. It is supported by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) together with the U.S. funding agencies National Science Foundation (NSF), National Institutes of Health (NIH), and Department of Energy (DOE).
    Deadline: In the first stage of the process, project outlines must be submitted in the electronic form to NSF and DLR Projektmanagement by November 22, 2022 at the latest.

  • Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung BMBF)
    Based on the program "Bioeconomy 2030", the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) supports projects to research, develop and
    validate methods that significantly contribute to the regulatory field, in the applied research or in basic research in terms of the 3R
    principles of Russel & Burch (1959).
    In this context research and development projects are supported  
    - to replace animals,
    - to reduce the number of animals,
    - to reduce the degree of burden of animals.
    Additionally, accompanying studies, workshops and other activities are eligible if they help to make progress.
    Applications can be made by small and medium-sized commercial enterprises located in Germany, universities and non-university research institutes. The application has a two-step process. Project outline had to sent to the Projektträger Jülich.
    The application deadline for every year deadline is March 15.

  • Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung BMBF)
    InnoSysTox-Moving - Innovative Systemic Toxicology as an Alternative to Animal Testing - Towards ApplicationSystems biology approaches allow a comprehensive view of an organism as a whole. In order to further strengthen the field of systems biology in Europe and to establish sustainable research cooperations between Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium, the funding institutions from the three European countries have now relaunched a successful guideline and published it under the name "InnoSysTox-Moving - Innovative Systemic Toxicology as an Alternative to Animal Testing - Towards Application".
    In an interdisciplinary approach from systems biology and toxicology research, the aim is to support common, innovative and practice-oriented projects to replace animal experiments.
    The systems biology approaches will be used to improve the prediction and quantifying risks to human health, while reducing animal experiments at the same time.  For this purpose available resources shall be bundled and international cooperation in the development of 3Rs research, systems biology, bioinformatics and toxicology should be strengthened.
    Deadline for proposals was 27 June 2019.

  • Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
    Translational funding initiative: "Multilateral Cooperation in Computational Neuroscience: Germany - USA - Israel - France"
    Computational Neuroscience provides the theoretical basis as well as a broad range of technical approaches to an understanding of the principles and the dynamics of the nervous system. Based on the theoretical basics, methods and findings of computer science, the neurosciences, biology, mathematical-physical sciences, social sciences and behavioral sciences, engineering sciences and other disciplines, the field of computational neuroscience uses a wide range of approaches to examinate structure, function, organization and information processing at all levels of the nervous system. To accelerate the advances in computational neuroscience, new methods contribute to the aggregation and analysis of complex data, the conceptual framework of many different theoretical sources as well as new modalities for extensive data collections and the design of experiments.
    With grants of about € 90,000 to € 225,000 per year entire cooperation projects can be funded usually as non-repayable grants for three years.

  • Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, BMBF)
    Guideline for the funding of interdisciplinary projects for the development and testing of new approaches to data analysis and data sharing in cancer researchThe aim of this funding measure is to provide more scientists from the field of data analysis with low-threshold access to existing high-quality data from translational, biomedical cancer research and routine oncological care (e.g. omics data, imaging, clinical data, registry data).
    The projects should be assigned to (at least) one of the following three modules.
    Module 1: Data challenge projects and workshops
    Module 2: Federated learning projects
    Module 3: Creation of quality-assured training, validation and test data sets
  • German Research Foundation (DFG) - Reinhart Kosseleck-Projects
    http://www.dfg.de/
    Scientists which have proven themselvesy particular scientific performances should be given the possibility to realise highly innovative projects and such projects, which are in a special manner positively fraught with risks.
    An application is possible at any time.

  • Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection (Bundesministerium für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft und Verbraucherschutz BMELV)
    Funding as well as awards
    www.bmelv.de/

  • Rheinland-Pfalz: Ministerium für Umwelt, Forsten und Verbraucherschutz Rheinland-Pfalz
    Funding as well as awards
    www.mufv.rlp.de/
    Rheinland-Pfalz supports research projects with the aim to develop alternative methods to animal experiments. The funding starts after positive evaluation by ZEBET (Zentralstelle zur Erfassung und Bewertung von Ergänzungs- und Ersatzmethoden zum Tierversuch of the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment BfR).
    The support of projects as well as the application for the research award are not restricted to Rheinland Pfalz, researchers from Germany can apply. Application from foreign countries was not questioned until now.

  • SET - Stiftung zur Förderung der Erforschung von Ersatz- und Ergänzungsmethoden zur Einschränkung von Tierversuchen
    www.stiftung-set.de/
    To replace and reduce animal experimentation and the distress of lab animals, the SET Foundation focuses its sponsorship on three areas of activity: Research with a 3Rs emphasis; scientific communication on the topic; student training and further education. The SET Foundation supports primarily small and medium-sized projects that demonstrate courage to close the gaps in knowledge outside the approaches supported by other institutions. Eligible projects may receive full or partial funding from SET or, if applicable, be referred to the appropriate funding institution.


    Germany, The Netherlands, Belgium

  • Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) ZonMw and F.R.S.-FNRS
    InnoSysTox-Moving - Innovative Systemic Toxicology as an Alternative to Animal Testing - Towards Application
    Systems biology approaches allow a comprehensive view of an organism as a whole. In order to further strengthen the field of systems biology in Europe and to establish sustainable research cooperations between Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium, the funding institutions from the three European countries have now relaunched a successful guideline and published it under the name "InnoSysTox-Moving - Innovative Systemic Toxicology as an Alternative to Animal Testing - Towards Application". In an interdisciplinary approach from systems biology and toxicology research, the aim is to support common, innovative and practice-oriented projects to replace animal experiments.
    The systems biology approaches will be used to improve the prediction and quantifying risks to human health, while reducing animal experiments at the same time.  For this purpose available resources shall be bundled and international cooperation in the development of 3Rs research, systems biology, bioinformatics and toxicology should be strengthened.
    Deadline for proposals was June 27, 2019.


International

  • American Fund for Alternatives to Animal Research (AFAAR) and the New England Anti-Vivisection Society (NEAVS)
    $40,000, one-year postdoctoral fellowship grant (with possible renewal) to a woman interested in developing,
    validating, or using alternatives to animal methods in the investigation of women's health or sex differences.
    Citizens/residents of any country may apply.
    Deadline was December 15, 2014.
    For more information: http://alternativestoanimalresearch.org/afaar/programs

  • Graduate Fellowships Available from IFER
    http://www.ifer.org/available-fellowships.html
    The International Foundation for Ethical Research (IFER), located in Chicago, Illinois, is accepting applications for graduate fellowships. These one-year grants of approximately $12,500 support projects by master and Ph.D. students in the sciences. Relevant projects address the development, acceptance, and implementation of innovative methods that advance science and refine, reduce, or replace the use of animals in research, testing, or education. Grants are renewable for up to three years, depending on student progress and availability of funds. Special consideration may be given to proposals that are likely to replace the use of animals in research, and for projects that are likely to refine, reduce, or replace the use of nonhuman primates in research.
    Applications are due Thursday, April 30, 2020.
     
  • Animal-free Research
    Applicants from all over the world can apply for funding. The application must be written in German or in English.
    For more details see entry Switzerland

  • Doctors Against Animal Experiments Germany
    Funding/awards for research located in Germany or other German-speaking countries.
    See entry Germany

  • Doerenkamp-Zbinden Stiftung für versuchstierfreie Forschung
    Funding as well as awards
    see entry Switzerland

European Union

  • European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)
    https://www.efsa.europa.eu/
    EFSA Call: AOP development and transcriptomics for risk assessment
    Applicants are invited to submit project proposals addressing missing key elements to implement New Approach Methodologies (NAMs, new non-animal method approaches) in EFSA's scientific assessment process. The aim is to use this to improve decision-making in the food and feed sectors.
    The proposed case studies are expected to enable the integration of mechanism-based data while reducing the need for animal testing. They should have the potential to improve the speed, precision, and predictability of chemical risk assessment related to food safety.
    The following topics are available for selection:
    Lot 1: Development of AOPs/AOP networks
    Lot 2: NAM transcriptomics for toxicology-specific pathway analysis to predict target organ toxicity
    Deadline: September 26, 2022 - 23:59 (CEST).

  • HORIZON-HLTH-2024-TOOL-11-02: Bio-printing of living cells for regenerative medicine
    https://charite3r.charite.de/
    As part of the Horizon Europe Framework Programme (HORIZON) Cluster Health there are offered four grants in the field of "Bio-printing of living cells for regenerative medicine". Despite some successes of 3D bioprinting with thin tissue, the printing of thick tissue and complex organs remains problematic, as it is difficult to sufficiently reproduce metabolic needs, the architecture as well as interaction with other tissues have not yet been sufficiently scientifically clarified. There is also a lack of standardized manufacturing protocols, for example.
    To overcome these challenges, researchers should work in multidisciplinary teams with engineers, biomedical scientists, cell biologists and physicians.
    The total budget amounts from 6,000,000 to 8,000,000 Euro.
    The deadline is April 11th 2024, 5 p.m. CEST.

  • ERA-NET NEURON: Transnational Research Projects on Neurodevelopmental Disorders
    https://www.neuron-eranet.eu/en/972.php
    The goal of the grant is to advance the understanding of the causes and disease mechanisms of developmental disorders of the nervous system and to translate this knowledge into improved prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.
    Deadline for pre-proposal submission was March 9, 2021, 14.00 (CET)

    Innovative Medicine Initiative (IMI)
    In the second round, Call 3 und 4, the Innovative Medicines Initiative has the focus on
    IMI 2 – Call 3 includes 6 Research and Innovation topics:
    - Remote assessment of disease and relapse (RADAR),
    topic 1: central nervous system (CNS)
    - Assessing the risk and progression of prediabetes and type 2
    diabetes to enable disease modification
    - Linking clinical neuropsychiatry and quantitative
    neurobiology
    - The consistency approach to quality control in vaccine
    manufacture
    - Pertussis vaccination research
    - Knowledge repository to enable patient-focused medicine
    development
    IMI 2 – Call 4 includes one Coordination and Support topic:
    - Enabling platform on medicines adaptive pathway to
    patients
    Deadline  for Expressions of interest see http://www.imi.europa.eu/
  • EU funding to accelerate the uptake of computer simulations for drug testing and medical devices
    https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/sc1-dth-06-2020
    The European Commission supports the introduction of individualized computer models and simulations for the development and evaluation of drugs and medical devices. In recent years, biomedical knowledge and bioinformatics skills have increased. It is therefore hoped that individualized computer simulations, which can be used, for example in predictive toxicology and pharmacokinetics, will lead to greater predictive power for the regulatory assessment.
    However, the acceptance of such models, their implementation in the clinic and market penetration of in silico solutions, depending on the trust of users, industry, investors and the competent regulatory authorities. This is where the funding program is intended to provide support.
    Applications should promote the development of innovative scientific and technological
    Computer modeling solutions for testing drugs and/or medical devices include.
    The application deadline was April 22, 2020.

    Horizon 2020, Work Programme Year: H2020-2018-2020
    - SC1-BHC-07-2019: Regenerative medicine: from new insights to new applications
    Scope: Regenerative medicine replaces or regenerates human cells, tissue of organs, to restore or establish normal
    function. Projects should focus on innovative translational research to develope regenerative processes towards the
    ultimative clinical goal of adressing unmet clinical needs of large patient groups.
    Proposals should be based on new approaches such as genome editing or gene therapy, transdifferentiation or in vivo
    reprogramming, cell therapy and transplantation, 3D bioprinting, organoids or use of combined products.
    Deadline was: April 16, 2018, 5 pm (brussels time)
    Budget: 50,000,000 Euro (single-stage)

    - SC1-BHC-27-2018: New testing and screening methods to identify endocrine-disrupting chemicals
    New and improved approaches are needed to increase the quality, efficiency and effectiveness of existing methods to meet demanding and evolving regulatory requirements worldwide. In consultation with relevant regulatory bodies, research should improve and harmonize screening and testing protocols/strategies and hazard/risk assessments by developing better and
    faster tools, test methods or models, including in vitro and in vivo tests, high-throughput and in silico methods (e.g. QSAR), potentially combined with research on adverse outcomes pathways. For in vitro tests, the appropriate coupling of their results to human health effects should be ensured. Information is also needed as regards how epidemiological and field monitoring data, which are also to be considered as data sources in a regulatory context, can be used to gain information about possible associations between levels of exposure to specific chemicals and ED-related effects. The focus should be on the most urgent regulatory needs, e.g., methods addressing the thyroid axis, developmental neurotoxicity, metabolic disorders, female reproduction, and non-genotoxic carcinogenicity.
    The deadline was April 18, 2018, 5 pm (Brussels time)
    Budget: 52.000.000 Euro (single-stage)

    Work Programme 2018-2020, draft version
    - DT-NMBP-23-2020: Next-generation organ-on-chip (RIA)
    The purpose of this call is to transform the European industry through the integration of digitization and other enabling
    technologies and achieve global industrial leadership. Success will be seen in global industrial leadership, notably in
    manufacturing, and in opportunities for re-industrialization.
    Deadline: to be defined
    Budget: to be defined.

  • EPAA 3Rs student grants 2024
    https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/calls-expression-interest/3rs-student-grants-2024-call-submissions_en
    The European Partnership for Alternative Approaches to Animal Testing (EPAA) helps students and young scientists with outstanding work in the field of alternative approaches to attend a high-profile scientific event.
    This year, a full grant of €1000 and a half grant of €500 are available.
    Applicants can apply for the following events:
    - ESTIV 2024 in Prague, Czech Republic (3-6 June 2024), application deadline: 15/04/2024
    - EUROTOX 2023 in Copenhagen, Denmark (8-11 September 2024), application deadline: 17/06/2024
    - EUSAAT 2024 in Linz, Austria (18-20 September 2024), application deadline: 17/06/2024

  • Humane Society International
    Grants are now being offered by Humane Society International for the preparation, publication and dissemination of three critical narrative reviews of the use of animal models in human disease areas.
    The reviews will also include proposals for a new ‘roadmap’ for future research to understand human disease and improve translation to the clinic, based on modern, human-specific models, tools and technologies.
    Applicants with a scientific Ph.D. (or equivalent) and current or recent research and publication experience in an area of human disease, are invited to tender for one of these grants. Guidelines for applicants are included in the Application Form.
    The deadline for applications was midnight EST on 15 October 2013.
    Contact: Dr. Gill Langley at glangley[at]hsi.org
    For more information see: http://humanesocietyuniversity.org/news/diseasemodels.aspx
  • Stiftung Forschung 3R
    The Foundation principally sponsors research projects in Switzerland. Applicants from other countries must give their reasons for applying for a research grant in Switzerland. If similar applications concerning research in the same fields have been submitted concurrently, those from within Switzerland will be given priority.
    The deadline was May 1, 2013.
    See entry Switzerland

  • The Johns Hopkins Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing (CAAT)
    Funding (CAAT Grants Program) as well as awards
    see entry USA


Luxembourg

  • Fondation Internationale pour la Substitution de l'Expérimentation Animale
    www.fisea.lu


Netherlands

  • The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development     Funding
    www.zonmw.nl
    Progress requires research and development. ZonMw funds health research and stimulates the use of the knowledge developed to help improve health and healthcare in the Netherlands. The support of new animal-free methods is also meant.

 
Sweden

  • The Swedish Fund for Research Without Animal Experiments
    Funding as well as awards
    www.forskautandjurforsok.se/
    The Swedish Fund for Research Without Animal Experiments promotes the development and validation of replacement alternatives to animal experiments. Grants are awarded annually to research, validation and information projects.


Switzerland

  • Animalfree Research
    www.animalfree-research.org
    Animalfree Research wants to protect animal welfare and animal dignity by replacing and substantially reducing animal experiments
    Applicants from all over the world can apply for funding. The application must be written in German or in English.
    The deadline for receipt of applications for 2012 was October 27th, 2011.
    The following topics are accorded preferential sponsorship by the foundation:
    Advancement of alternative methods for the complete or partial replacement of animal experiments in terms of the 3R: development, validation, optimization, publication, acceptance, implementation.
    Dialogue with science and the public as well as a commitment to the changes in the legal framework regarding the protection of experimental animals.

  • Doerenkamp-Zbinden Stiftung für versuchstierfreie Forschung
    http://www.doerenkamp.ch/
  • Gebert Rüf Foundation
    http://www.grstiftung.ch/en.html

    Funding of innovation at Swiss universities, funding of innovative projects of great relevance und scientific quality, as following: high degree of innovation and originality: distinctive features, Pre-competitive, application-driven R&D, suitable to serve as a model or having potential.

  • Stiftung Forschung 3R
    http://www.forschung3r.ch/
    The Foundation supports research projects aimed at developing alternative experimental methods to animal experimentation,
    to reduce the impact on animals used in animal experimentation and/or
    to reduce the number of animals needed for a specific research topic (animal model) and/or
    to replace specific experiments using animals.
    The Foundation principally sponsors research projects in Switzerland. Applicants from other countries must give their reasons for applying for a research grant in Switzerland. If similar applications concerning research in the same fields have been submitted concurrently, those from within Switzerland will be given priority.
    The deadline was February 15, 2016.

  • Thurgauische Stiftung für Wissenschaft und Forschung
    http://www.bitg.ch/


United Kingdom

  • Animal Free Research UK, Pilot Study Grant 2021
    https://www.animalfreeresearchuk.org/grants/pilot-study-grants/
    Animal Free Research UK is awarding Pilot Study Grants to explore new ideas in animal-replacement research that could advance human health.
    Pilot Study Grants of £5,000 provide short-term support for proof-of-concept studies for up to a maximum of 12 months. In 2021, we will be funding up to 10 one-year pilot studies.
    Deadline at 5 pm on Friday 30 April 2021 (BST).

  • Dr. Hadwen Trust
    www.drhadwentrust.org
    The aim is to promote the development of techniques and procedures to replace the use of living animals in biomedical research, testing, and teaching. To further this aim, the Dr. Hadwen Trust supports, and assists scientists to discover techniques which will replace experiments on living animals; assists in the provision of facilities and equipment for such research; and encourages through publicity and education the wider adoption of such techniques.
    2015 call for full grants (Expected October 2015)

  • FRAME (Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments) is an independent charity dedicated to promoting the Three Rs and the development of new techniques that will replace the need for laboratory animals in medical and scientific research, education, and testing. The FRAME Summer Studentship Programme has been developed to support undergraduates in undertaking summer research projects in an area relating to the development of alternative methods.
    The work has to be carried out within Universities or Research Institutes within the UK.
    Closing Date for applications was February 29, 2020.

  • The Lord Dowding Fund
    www.ldf.org.uk/
    The fund is particularly interested in receiving projects in the areas of Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and other dementias, but will be equally pleased to consider grants applications from researchers in other fields of work.
    The LDF is now happy to receive grant applications for funding in 2015.

  • Universities Federation for Animal Welfare (UFAW)
    Funding as well as awards
    http://www.ufaw.org.uk/grants.php
    UFAW’s top priorities are to promote and support high-quality science that will lead to substantial advances in animal welfare, and promoting education in animal welfare - particularly at university and college level.

  • Wellcome Trust, Biomedical Ethics & Medical Humanities
    Ph.D. Studentships
    http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Funding/Biomedical-ethics/
    The Wellcome Trust supports basic scientists, clinicians (including clinical psychologists, dentists and veterinarians) and public health researchers at all stages of their research career. Where appropriate, applications are encouraged from candidates trained in disciplines outside the biomedical sciences, but who are applying their expertise to biomedical problems.

United States (USA)

  • The Johns Hopkins Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing (CAAT): CAAT Humane Education and CAAT Reduction Grants
    https://lnkd.in/ep8RX4Ar
    a) The Reduction Grant focuses on research projects that help reduce animal use by identifying areas of research and testing where animal models lack reproducibility and translational value. Hence, the grant is intended for researchers who conduct systematic reviews, meta-analyses, or citation analyses of animal studies or similar work with the goal to reduce animal use in science.

    b) The Humane Education Grant is given for the development of animal-free training resources for veterinary, medical or laboratory courses. The grant is intended for educators and training material developers with the goal to foster respect and compassion for animals.

    Deadline: November 15, 2023, 11.59 pm (ET)

  • The Johns Hopkins Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing (CAAT)
    https://caat.jhsph.edu/programs/grants/covid19.html
    In response to the corona crisis, the Johns Hopkins Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing (CAAT) has rededicated part of its in vitro toxicology funding program from Alan and Helene Goldberg to support the discovery of mechanisms, drugs or vaccines against Covid-19 and coronavirus to finance the project.
    Research approaches from all countries in which human biological models are developed using human cells, computer-aided approaches or other non-animal methods are promising. Proposals involving animal models or tissues of animal origin will not be considered.
    The application deadline was April 30, 2020.

  • CAAT: Applications for Alan and Helene Goldberg in vitro toxicology grants
    https://caat.jhsph.edu/programs/grants/preproposal.html
    The Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore (CAAT) calls for Alan and Helene Goldberg in vitro toxicology grants. The support period is 2023-2024.
    Pre-proposal submissions was open from March 1st to April 15th, 2022.
  • Alternatives Research and Development Foundation (ARDF)
    https://ardf-online.org/ardf-grants.html
    ARDF Annual Open Grant Program
    ARDF's Annual Open grant program was established to fund research projects that develop alternative methods to advance science and replace or reduce animal use. Proposals are welcome from any nonprofit educational or research institution worldwide, although there is a preference for U.S. applications in order to more quickly advance alternatives here.
    The Maximum Award per Project is $40,000.
    Deadline: April 19, 2024.

  • International Foundation for Ethical Research (IFER)
    http://www.ifer.org/fellowships-availability-announcments.php

    IFER Graduate Fellowship Program for Alternatives to the Use of Animals in Science
    The purpose of IFER’s Fellowship Program is to provide financial incentives to graduate students in science that encourage them at the earliest stages of their career to integrate innovation and discovery with ethics and respect for animals.
    Our fellowships provide up to $12,500 annually in stipendiary support and up to $2,500 for supplies per year. The fellowships are renewable annually for up to three years. Continued funding is dependent on student progress and availability of funds.
    Fellowships are awarded to those candidates enrolled in Masters and Ph.D. programs in the sciences whose proposals show the greatest potential to reduce, refine or replace the use of animals in research, testing, and/or education.
    Pre-Proposal Application Deadline is 11:59 PM CST on Tuesday, April 30, 2019.

  • Recombinant Antibody Challenge
    https://www.thepsci.eu/funding/recombinant-antibody-challenge/
    PETA Science Consortium International e.V., the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), and the Alternatives Research and Development Foundation (ARDF) are offering grants for free catalogue recombinant antibodies for use in research and testing.
    Researchers from any sector (e.g., academia, industry, or government) can apply to receive a recombinant antibody to test in their in vitro applications of interest.

  • Society of Toxicology (SOT)
    Computational Toxicology SS Yves Alarie Diversity Award for Trainees and Young Investigators Yves Alarie Scholarship Fund of the Society of Toxicology (SOT) Endowment
    https://www.toxicology.org/awards/sot/awards.aspx?AwardID=292
    The Yves Alarie Scholarship Fund of the Society of Toxicology (SOT) Endowment was established in July 2019. A monetary award of $2,500 will be given to a motivated trainee or young investigator from an under-represented group that is working in the field of computational toxicology and shares Dr. Alarie’s passion for science.

    Criteria for Award: Relevance of work to computational toxicology, enrollment in a doctoral or a postdoctoral program in the field of toxicology or a closely related discipline, with evidence of career advancement or a young investigator in the field of toxicology or a closely related discipline, that has been working in academia or industry for less than five years, current SOT member (any category of membership), preference will be given to current CTSS members or those that have applied to be a CTSS member, member of an underrepresented group in the biomedical sciences as defined by the National Institutes of Health (e.g., women, minorities, individuals with disabilities, economically disadvantaged individuals, etc.), originality and strength of scientific research, accepted abstract and planned attendance at the Annual SOT Meeting, familiarity with the work conducted by Yves Alarie.
    Deadline: January 10, 2020.
  • Small Business Innovation Research & Small Business Technology Transfer Grants (SBIR/STTR, R41, R42, R43, R44)
    https://www.niehs.nih.gov/funding/grants/mechanisms/sbir/index.cfm
    NIEHS SBIR/STTR grants help small businesses develop innovative and commercially viable products or technologies to translate and communicate environmental health research to improve public health.
    Also part of this program could be assays and model systems for screening compounds for toxicity.
    Annual SBIR/STTR Application Receipt Dates: January 7, 2019 (January 5, 2019, is on a Sunday) and April 5, 2019.





Professor Nicola Mutch of the University of Aberdeen is developing a human-based model that will shed light on how blood clots form and break down and what causes diseases such as coronary heart disease.