The Swiss 3R Competence Centre announces its 2025 3Rs Doctorate Grant scheme, supporting innovative PhD research that advances the replacement, reduction, and refinement of animal use in scientific procedures. This competitive grant scheme follows a two-stage application process and aims to develop a new generation of researchers with strong 3Rs principles.

One of the challenges facing the implementation of 3Rs approaches is often the initial learning curve that other labs face in changing their standard procedures. There is an understandable concern that a potentially high initial investment may not be...