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£100k awarded to develop methods to identify individual mice from birth A team led by Dr Adam Polak at the Fraunhofer UK Research Ltd has been awarded £100k to develop a non-invasive and non-toxic method to identify individual mice from birth. 24 September 2024
2024 CRACK IT Challenges open for applications The 2024 CRACK IT Challenges Competition is now closed. 23 September 2024
£2.1M funding available through the CRACK IT Challenges competition Two Challenges in the areas of new approach methodologies (NAMs) for avian toxicity testing and to improve the post-operative care of rodents have been launched. 01 August 2024
£600k awarded for proof-of-concept studies to advance the development of New Approach Methodologies Six teams have been awarded up to £100k each in CRACK IT Challenge funding to deliver proof-of-concept studies to address two Challenges that aim to accelerate the development and use of New Approach Methodologies. 15 February 2024
£1M awarded to replace animal studies and improve the safety assessment of cell therapies A team led by Professor Toni Cathomen at the University of Freiburg (Germany) has secured £1M of CRACK IT Challenge funding to develop an approach to evaluate the tumourigenicity of human engineered T cell therapies. 24 January 2024
Sponsor a Challenge: overcome scientific barriers with 3Rs-driven solutions Sponsor a Challenge: overcome scientific barriers with 3Rs-driven solutions. We are looking for stakeholders from across the biosciences to submit their ideas for new CRACK IT Challenges. 08 December 2023
Call open for 2024 CRACK IT Challenges We are looking for experts with research questions that could be solved with a 3Rs driven approach. 23 November 2023
2023 CRACK IT Challenges open for applications The 2023 CRACK IT Challenges Competition is now open - Invitation to Tender 08 September 2023
£4M funding available to solve the 2023 CRACK IT Challenges Open for applications: four new Challenges have been announced in this year’s open innovation funding competition. 01 August 2023