As part of its continuing efforts to encourage the use of alternatives to traditional uses of laboratory animals in basic research, testing, and education, the ARDF is soliciting research proposals to develop such methods. Funding of up to $40,000 each is available to support individual projects at U.S. universities and institutions. Deadline for applications is April 30, 1998, with recipients to be announced on July 15, 1998. For further information and application instructions, contact The Alternatives Research and Development Foundation, 14280 Golf View Drive, Eden Prairie, MN 55346, fax: (612) 949-2619.
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The American Association of Zoo Keepers (AAZK) has developed the Zoo Keeper Grant in noninvasive research to promote and support keeper and aquarist efforts in behavioral research. The $750 research grant is for the benefit of North American zoological research efforts. The deadline for applications is March 1, 1998. AAZK members in good standing should direct their inquiries to: Farshid Mehrdadfar, Chair, AAZK Research Grant Committee, Disney's Animal Kingdom, P.O. Box 10000, Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830-1000, e-mail: farshid@sprynrt.com
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This fund was established in 1993 by means of an annual grant made by Pfizer Central Research in the United Kingdom to the Laboratory Animal Science Association (LASA). Pfizer and LASA intend the fund to be used to support research that is concerned with any aspect of animal welfare associated with laboratory science, particularly that concerned with the 3Rs of reduction, refinement, and replacement.
Applications are now invited for awards to be made in early 1998. Further details and application forms are available from the LASA Secretariat (address below) and should be submitted by February 28, 1998. Both Pfizer and LASA are keen to support sound research projects that will further animal welfare in laboratory science, and you are encouraged to apply to the Fund. LASA Secretariat, P.O. Box 3993, Tamworth, Staffordshire B78 3QU, UK, phone/fax: 01827 260036, e-mail: lasa@globalnet.co.uk
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The Foundation Research 3R is calling for research proposals that will advance the 3Rs concept of alternatives reduction in the number of animals used, refinement of painful techniques, and replacement with nonanimal methods. No official application form is necessary. Research will be evaluated based on its concordance with the 3R program and its scientific and public impact. The deadline for submission of proposals is March 1, 1998. For additional information, contact Ronald Greber at phone: +41 31 722 08 31, fax: +41 31 722 08 34, e-mail: ronald.greber.3r@bluewin.ch
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A directory of 16 organizations that fund research into methods that will reduce, refine, or replace the use of animals in research can be found at http://www.uiowa.edu/~vpr/research/animalt.htm The listing, maintained by the University of Iowa, was last updated in 1996, but contact information is correct.
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The NonProfit Gateway is a network of links to Federal Government information and services including funding opportunities. It is available at http://www.firstgov/Business/Nonprofit.shtml The page includes a search box where you can search more than 300,000 Government web pages.
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