Alternative Animal Use

1. VYSAKH MOHAN M
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3.  Nobel Prize
 the Lush Prize
 The 3Rs Prize
 The Felix Wankel Animal Welfare Research Award
 Russel & Burch Award
 the Gillette Company & the HSUS Grant
 Spira Draize Campaign
 CAAT Awards
 CAAT Recognition Award
 Henry Spira Award
 Founders’Award
 Other Awards & Grants
 Public Campaigns

4. According to the analysis conducted by the Humane
Society of the United States, two-thirds of the Nobel
Prizes awarded in the field of Physiology and Medicine
went to researchers who primarily or entirely used
nonanimal-based methods for their research.

5.  First given in 2012
 The Lush Prize rewards initiatives across science and campaigning that work to
end or replace animal testing, particularly in the area of toxicology research
 Up to £350,000 prize funding will be shared across all categories

6.  First given in 2005
 Given by NC3Rs
 Awarded to highlight an outstanding original contribution to
scientific and technological advances in the 3Rs in medical,
biological or veterinary sciences published within the last
three years
 £30,000
 £28k prize grant and £2k personal award

7.  Given every two years from 1972
 € 30,000
 By Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
 For outstanding experimental and innovative scientific papers aiming at or
resulting in the replacement or reduction of animal testing, the general fostering
of the idea of animal protection, ensuring the health and the appropriate housing
of laboratory animals, pets and livestock, or supporting core research for the
purpose of enhancing animal protection

8.  In 1990
 HSUS (The Humane Society of the United States)
 The award is named in honor of William Russell and Rex Burch, the scientists
who formulated the Three Rs approach
 For scientists who have made outstanding contributions to alternative methods
 Recipients of the Russell and Burch Award are selected by past honorees
 $5,000 prize

9.  To fund research and development of alternative methods
 Two grants of $50,000 each are awarded annually

10.  Campaign developed against cosmetic companies
 In return, cosmetic companies and consumer product companies began seriously
investing in the research and in the development of alternatives
 In 1980, Henry Spira launches the Draize campaign against the rabbit-based eye
irritancy test
 As a result, Revlon gives a $750,000 grant to Rockefeller University to establish
an alternatives research program
 As a result of the Draize campaign, the cosmetics industry gives $1 million to the
Johns Hopkins University to establish the CAAT (1981)

11. Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing,
John Hopkins University

12.  Sponsored by Charles River Laboratories, in cooperation with CAAT
 Award will honor an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the
development, promotion, and/or implementation of refinement alternatives
 $5,000

13.  This award, presented at every World Congress, honors 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
 First given in 1992

14.  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
 Given to animal activists in the animal welfare,
protection, or rights' movements who work
to achieve progress through dialogue
and collaboration

15.  Given in 1992
 CAAT hosts a 10th anniversary conference in Baltimore, MD
 Awards to Dr. D.A. Henderson, the CTFA (Cosmetic Toiletry and Fragrance
Association Inc), and Henry Spira

17.  EPAA (European Partnership for Alternative Approaches to Animal Testing)
 Grant a €3000 prize
 To a laboratory technician involved in implementing and raising awareness of
Replacement, Reduction and Refinement of animal testing

18.  The Alternatives Research and Development Foundation (ARDF)
 To advance the use of non-animal methods in the fields of biomedical testing,
research, and education

19.  The American Fund for Alternatives to Animal Research (AFAAR)
 Funds a wide and encompassing range of research involving the use, development,
or validation of alternatives
 NEAVES, New England Anti-Vivisection Society

20.  Petition to the European Parliament for the abolition of vivisection as a European
Citizen Initiative.
 The threshold of 1 million signatures was reached for the deadline (1 November
2013).
 The European Commission is currently checking the authenticity of each
signature