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3Rs Awards


Last Updated: December 22, 2008
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Awards and recognition bestowed upon individuals and/or organizations for their work in reducing, refining, and/or replacing the use of animals in research or testing.


Björn Ekwall Memorial Award: award presented annually at the Workshop of the Scandinavian Society for Cell Toxicology

CAAT Recognition Award: award presented at each World Congress to honor an individual or organization who has made an outstanding contribution to the field of the 3Rs, the development of alternative methods, or the field of in vitro science

CAAT Henry Spira Award: award to honor the memory of Henry Spira, a pioneer in the animal rights' movement, created to honor animal activists in the animal welfare, protection, or rights' movements who work to achieve progress through dialogue and collaboration; will be awarded every four years

Cefic-LRI Innovative Science Award: €100,000 award presented to an individual for the conception of a novel interdisciplinary research project in toxicology

Dieter Lütticken Award €20,000 award to scientists and public life-science institutions; for in vitro models for R&D in biologicals and pharmaceuticals being developed for animals

Doerenkamp-Zbinden Award

Dutch Society for the Protection of Animals (DSPA) Alternatives to Animal Use Award

FISEA: yearly prize for substitution to animal experimentations

German Animal Welfare Research Award: €25,000 awarded by the Federal German Minister for Food, Agriculture and Cosnumer Protection

The Humane Society of the United States Russell and Burch Award: award of $5,000 presented at World Congress on Alternatives and Animal Use in the Life-Sciences to recognize a scientist who has made outstanding contributions toward the advancement of alternative methods
Level: scientist in biomedical research, testing, or higher education

In Vitro SS Student Award: awards of $500 based on scientific merit of submitted abstract
Level: graduate students or post-doctoral fellows

Jeanne Marchig Awards: web-based course providing basic information about FDA along with quizzes to test your knowledge

NC3Rs 3Rs Prize: £10,000 award to recognize a published work that advances, or has the potential to advance, knowledge in the 3Rs; sponsored by GlaxoSmithKline

New Zealand National Animal Ethics Advisory Committee "Three R's Award": recognizes an individual or institution for achievements in animal replacement, reduction, and refinement

Nordic Prize for Alternatives to Animal Experiments: annual award to Nordic scientist for research toward replacing animals in experiments; jointly funded by Danish Alternativfondet, Swedish Stifelsen Forskning utan Djurforsok, and Finnish Juliana von Wendts Stifelse

2007 North American Animal Welfare and Alternatives Awards (P&G and HSUS): three annual awards of $25,000 each
Level: N. American scientists

Society for In Vitro Biology (SIVB) awards: various awards including Lifetime Achievement, Fellow, and Young Scientist
Level: scientist

SIVB Student Award Program: various awards including Cellular Toxicology Award of $500
Level: graduate students

Society for Toxicology (SOT) 2007 Award for Enhancement of Animal Welfare: award for SOT member contributions made to advance toxicology through the development and application of methods that replace, refine, or reduce the need for experimental animals

Voiceless Eureka Prize for Research that Contributes to Animal Protection: award of $10,000 to Australian citizen or resident

William & Eleanor Cave Award: Alternatives Research & Development Foundation award for achievements in advancing alternatives to the use of animals in research and testing

ZET annual poster award at the Congress on Alternatives to Animal Testing

ZET thesis award at the Congress on Alternatives to Animal Testing