Their leadership and many efforts paved the way for last year’s Resolution on plans and actions to accelerate the transition to innovation without the use of animals in science. 

Congratulations also go to the third winner, In-soon Nam, whose many efforts to advance the use of non-animal methods led to the introduction of a new bill in South Korea to promote the development, dissemination and use of alternatives to animal testing methods.

We also applaud our member Doctors Against Animal Experiments who won the Training prize for raising public awareness on human-based research through their Non-Animal Technologies (NAT) Database. This unique free tool provides an overview of hundreds of animal-free methods in order to facilitate access and inform scientists, regulators, politicians and the general public about the power and advantages of innovative non-animal technologies.

Finally, we would like to pay tribute to Stichting Proefdiervrij, the Dutch Society for the Replacement of Animal Testing, which was short-listed for the Training prize. They strive for a world in which no animals are needed for science anymore. To that end, they financially support innovative animal-free research projects, lobby to keep animal free methods on the agenda of responsible members of parliament and inspire scientists, politicians and the general public to support and move towards human-based non-animal methods in science.