3Rs Funding
NC3Rs International 3Rs Prize
Deadline 01.05.2025
NC3R's International 3R Prize is now open for applications. The prize honours outstanding and original work that has or could have a major impact on the 3Rs. Researchers from all career stages and from all over the world are eligible to apply. Further information can be found here.
UZH 3R Award 2025
3RCC FUNDING SCHEMES 2025-2028
The funding schemes available for the upcoming funding cycle (2025-2028) are still in their planning phase, so things are still pending confirmation and are subject to changes.
3Rs Doctorate Programme
(Single call for 3/4 year project durations, next call in 2029)
The 3Rs Doctorate Programme aims to encourage a new generation of researchers to put new methods into active practice and disseminate them, thereby advancing the application of the 3Rs principle.
3R Project Calls (2027)
This will be the main call for project funding, now every-other year. Open to academic researchers based in Switzerland aiming for significant 3Rs advancement. This effectively replaces the previous "Open Call" and "Targeted Call" schemes, and is setup to provide increased funding per call.
Deadline 2027: tba
3Rs Support Grants (2026 & 2028)
Supporting ongoing research activities relevant to the 3Rs. Increasing 3Rs implementation, education and/or communication. Grants here are generally expected to be maximum CHF 20'000.- and as such function to enhance or implement 3Rs activities. This scheme replaces the previous Refinement Grant, without the strict focus and potential 3Rs-classification issues we've encountered. Next call likely to be 2026, or late 2025.
Knowledge Transfer Grants (Annually between 2025-2028)
Similarly to the previous funding cycle, the 3RCC will provide 3Rs Knowledge Transfer Grants. Younger researchers may apply for funding of a short-term stay with another national or international research group to learn a novel 3Rs approach and implement it at their home institution. Additionally, also projects where externals experts are invited to the home institution are funded.
Next call opens 1st of May 2025, deadline 1st of July 2025.
Project funding AnimalfreeResearch
The following topics are preferred:
- Promotion of alternative methods for the complete or partial replacement of animal experiments in the sense of the 3Rs: development, validation, optimization, publication, recognition, application.
- Dialogue with the scientific community and the public as well as commitment to change the legal framework for the protection of experimental animals
SGV Travel Grants
To support SGV members for continuing education:
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SET - 3R Research Funding
Stiftung zur Förderung der Erforschung von Ersatz- und Ergänzungsmethoden zur Einschränkung von Tierversuchen
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UFAW & HSA Grants and Awards
Among UFAW’s top priorities is the promotion and support of high quality science that will lead to substantial advances in animal welfare, and the promotion of education in animal welfare – particularly at university and college level.
The University of Zurich is a UFAW LINK, UZH students therefore can apply for all grants.
European Organ-on-Chip Society
On this page you can find funding for your research and innovation activities in the field of OoC.
The Lush Prize
The yearly Lush Prize offers a global prize fund to support initiatives to end or replace animal testing.
It is the largest prize fund in the non-animal testing sector, awarding £250,000.
LAL Grant Programme
Laboratory Animals Limited (LAL) is a registered charity whose aims are to promote education and training in laboratory animal science, medicine technology and welfare. LAL provides grants to individuals attending training activities, funding in support of scientific meetings, funding for training courses in countries with no or limited access to education and training in laboratory animal science and many other initiatives.
ICLAS Visiting Grant for Professional Development in LAS in Europe
This Grant is available to individuals from European countries/areas in the process of developing modern standards of animal care and use. The objective of the grants is to acquire new knowledge and/or technical competences in the care and use of laboratory animals. This can be achieved in one of the host institutions proposed by ICLAS or in an institution proposed by the applicant.
More information here
Diverse Calls: EU, USA and international
The 3Rs Collaborative compiles recent 3R funding calls and 3R awards on their Website
Funding by Horizon Europe with 3Rs focus
Diverse Calls and Awards can be found also on the Website of Charitè 3R