Impact Funding Resources
Laboratory technicians, technologists and animal caretakers carry out much of the work using animals for regulatory safety and efficacy testing purposes. They are thus closely involved in efforts to apply refinement strategies in such studies. Refinement is one of the 3Rs (Replacement, Reduction and Refinement) of testing on animals. Refinement refers to the modification of any procedure, husbandry and care practices with laboratory animals along their entire lifetime, so as to minimise pain and distress, and enhance their well-being.
The purpose of this prize is to target those actually implementing alternative approaches to animal testing and/or raising awareness of their role for the day to day application and innovation of the refinement principles in particular.
The purpose of this prize is to target those actually implementing alternative approaches to animal testing and/or raising awareness of their role for the day to day application and innovation of the refinement principles in particular.
End Date01 Sep 2025 Funding AmountEUR 6k Funding Resource TypeAward
Funding ProviderEuropean Partnership for Alternative Approaches to Animal Testing (EPAA)
Award
European Partnership for Alternative Approaches to Animal Testing (EPAA)
The purpose of this prize is to target those actually implementing alternative approaches to animal testing and/or raising awareness of their role for the day to day application and innovation of the refinement principles in particular.
Applications are strictly restricted to candidates who
1) work in a laboratory and/or an animal facility as a technician, technologist or animal caretaker, masters/PHD student or postdoc
2) contribute significantly to the development, wider implementation and/or promotion of a refinement approach
3) work in a European entity (EU Member States and neighbouring countries)
4) agree to make themselves available for the EPAA Annual Conference on 6 November 2025
Please carefully note that any application not fulfilling all of the above criteria will not be considered. Applicants from previous winning teams may be eligible, provided they base their new application on a completely different case study.
Selection criteria
• impact on animal welfare – evidence based
• creativity and innovation
• practicability, applicability and implementation potential for regulatory testing and/or quality control
• potential for wider impact beyond the immediate area
• publication of data or potential for publication
