February 2018

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13 years and 900 applications: perspectives and advice from the NC3Rs peer review service

The NC3Rs has provided a peer review and advice service to the major UK funders of animal research for over a decade. Having recently completed our...

£700k awarded in the 2017 CRACK IT Challenge competition

Seven teams have been awarded funding in the 2017 CRACK IT Challenge competition, which brings together industry, academia and SMEs to develop...

Fellowships awarded to support early career researchers

We are pleased to announce four new NC3Rs Fellowships, a commitment of just over £730,000, awarded to support 3Rs research in a range of disease...

Meet the 'locals'! The NC3Rs Regional Programme Managers share their experience

In late 2016 the NC3Rs recruited two Regional Programme Managers, Dr Kamar Ameen-Ali and Dr Emma Stringer. Kamar's post is co-funded by the NC3Rs and...

Tail handling reduces the value of reward in laboratory mice

Researchers at Newcastle University have found that picking up laboratory mice by the tail makes them less responsive to reward, suggesting a more...