The International Foundation for Ethical Research (IFER) announces a Graduate Fellowship Grant to be awarded in the field of animal welfare science.
IFER is dedicated to developing new technologies and the pursuit of viable scientific investigation towards the creation of a better, more humane world... without use of nonhuman animals. IFER's Graduate Fellowship Grants are intended to inspire, educate, and support these future scientists.
Grants will be awarded for amounts up to $15,000.00, which will include the cost of supplies.
Briefly, preproposals should:
Be submitted by a graduate student with an identified faculty sponsor.
Include a brief description (two typed pages maximum) of the graduate project and how it incorporates the “4 R's” of animal alternatives: Refinement, Reduction, Replacement, and Responsibility.
Demonstrate current awareness concerning issues in animal welfare.
Include a specific description of the proposed program (1 typed page maximum) that identifies evidence of the interdisciplinary character of the program, the means for student evaluations, and a plan for the demonstration of findings and gained knowledge during and at the conclusion of the graduate program.
References:
A 2-page curriculum vitae for the principal investigator.
For more specifics on IFER and this Graduate Fellowship Grant, please visit their website at http://www.ifer.org or contact IFER, 53 West Jackson Boulevard, Suite 1552, Chicago, IL 60604, phone: (312) 427-6025.
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The foundation has announced the availability of two awards for 1998-1999 for research on alternatives to the use of animals in biomedical research. Each award will total from 25,000 to 50,000 Swiss francs (about $17,000 to $34,000). One prize will be given for research demonstrating the possibility of establishing in vitro methods or ethically acceptable human experiments. The second award will be presented for techniques, instruments, or drugs that have produced a clear reduction in suffering in animals used in experiments.
Nominations will be judged by a board consisting of research scientists and lay people. Submissions will be assessed for scientific quality and relevance to animal welfare. Nominations may be made to Prof. H. C. K. Brune, Institute of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Universtätsstr 22, D-91054 Erlangen, Germany, phone: +49 9131 852292, fax: +49 9131 206119, e-mail: kb@macpost.pharmakologie.unierlangen.de
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GrantsNet is a web-based tool for finding and exchanging information about Department of Health and Human Services and selected other Federal grant programs. It can be found at http://www.hhs.gov/grantsnet/faqs/faqinfo.htm
USDA, Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES) Grant and Funding Opportunities
This section hosts descriptions, guidelines, and deadlines of current funding rounds, as well as abstracts of previously funded projects. In addition, several CSREES programs have funding opportunities that are open to qualifying land-grant university partners. The site can be found at http://www.reeusda.gov/funding.htm
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A variety of funding mechanisms such as loans, grants, and scholarships are available. The site can be found at http://www.usda.gov/nonprofi.htm
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Among the programs funded by the Pet Care Trust are:
SPECIAL PROGRAMS to improve the health and welfare of companion animals through action--oriented or assistance programs with direct benefits to the welfare of companion animals.
RESEARCH PROGRAMS to improve the understanding of environmental, humane, social, economic and medical aspects of the health, care, and possession of companion animals.
Please be assured that The Pet Care Trust program funding is being spent to benefit and enhance human--animal interaction and the health and welfare of companion animals.
Programs must be designed to provide outcomes or conclusions which will benefit companion animal health and/or welfare, will engender owner understanding of the care for pets, will create a greater understanding of the benefits of pet ownership and will promote professionalism among members of the companion animal community.
The Pet Care Trust is dedicated to the mission of promoting public understanding of the value and right to enjoy happy and healthy companion animals. In an effort to educate the public and the companion animal community, the result of The Pet Care Trust funded projects and programs will be circulated in the press, in magazines and other media forms.
The Pet Care Trust (PCT)
Program Coordinator: John Pitts, DVM
1220 19th Street, N.W., Suite 400
Washington, DC 20036
Tel: (202) 466-5058
Fax: (202) 293-4377
or
3951 Leland Valley Road West
Quilcene, WA 98376
Tel: (360) 765-3311
Fax: (360) 765-3399
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The Animal Welfare Information Center
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Agricultural Research Service
National Agricultural Library
10301 Baltimore Ave.
Beltsville, MD 20705-2351
Phone: (301) 504-6212
FAX: (301) 504-7125
Contact us: http://www.nal.usda.gov/awic/contact.php
