January 2017

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Seven new NC3Rs fellowships announced

We are pleased to announce seven new fellowships, a commitment of nearly £1.2 million to support talented early career scientists in the discovery...

New CRACK IT Solution funding: using moth larvae to advance the 3Rs

An innovative project has been awarded funding through the NC3Rs CRACK IT Solutions partnering programme which supports collaborations to develop and...

Out of the box, into the egg: a new way of studying human bone repair

A recent study has shown that human bone regeneration can be studied in the extraembryonic membrane of a developing chick egg, which could replace...

SEARCHBreast helps tissue sharing to benefit the 3Rs

The framework SEARCHBreast (Sharing Experimental Animal Resources, Coordinating Holdings), established with NC3Rs funding, enables scientists to...

New PhD studentships announced to promote the 3Rs in training

We are pleased to announce 11 new PhD studentships awarded in the recent round of funding. The awards, totalling nearly £1 million, embed the 3Rs in...

The 3Rs potential of human tissue – a funding highlight notice for 2017

This year, we have a highlight notice* across all of our funding schemes on the use of human tissues for 3Rs purposes. This is the first time we have...