AWARDS

The Swiss 3RCC gives out two annual awards: the Swiss 3RCC's 3Rs Award and a Young 3Rs Investigator Award to individuals for work conducted in Switzerland.

The main 3Rs Award of CHF 4'000.- is given for exceptional work has made a significant contribution to the Replacement, Reduction, Refinement of animal experimentation (the 3Rs Principle).

A further CHF 1000.- prize, the Young 3Rs Investigator Award, is given to to researchers in the early stages of their career for their individual achievements advancing the 3Rs principle.

Any Swiss-based person is eligible that has made significant advancements in topics related to the 3Rs; whether in research, education, caretaking or management. Applications will be evaluated based on the quality of the contributions and on their impact on the 3Rs in either a scientific, regulatory, industrial or educational context. In addition to the financial award, the awardee will be given the possibility to have a short video made about his/her activities contributing to the implementation of the 3Rs and/or to present his/her work in a 3R-dedicated event organized by the 3RCC.

Nominees are initially internally reviewed and short-listed, followed by an external endorsement by at least 3 international experts in the field. 

Register and complete the nomination form here after October 1st, 2021.

Ronald Dijkman
Ronald Dijkman
The 3Rs Award 2020 will go to Ronald Dijkman at the Institute for Infectious Diseases of the University of Bern.
Joseph Scarborough
Joseph Scarborough
The Young 3Rs Investigator Award 2020 will go to Joseph Scarborough for his work in Prof. Urs Meyer’s laboratory at the Institute of Veterinary Pharmacology and Toxicology at the University of Zurich.

Kristin Schirmer & Melanie Fischer
Kristin Schirmer & Melanie Fischer
For 2019, the 3RCC awards Kristin Schirmer and Melanie Fischer from Eawag for their outstanding research work in the 3Rs area of replacement.