EPAA Science Award
Friday 02 July 2010
The European Partnership (EPAA) is offering an award to support the development and regulatory acceptance of 3Rs alternative methods.
Financial support of up to 100000 EUR will be provided to the institution of the successful candidate to allow the extension of an existing postdoctoral contract for a period of up to one-year to promote the transition from innovative and experimental alternative approaches towards their industrial application and regulatory acceptance.
The focus of any proposal should be on practical steps to improve the acceptance and implementation of the 3Rs in the regulatory context, including but not limited to:
- Extension of the applicability domain of a 3R test method with potential for eventual industrial application and/or regulatory acceptance,
- Collation and analysis of datasets to develop new risk assessment methodologies and approaches, support evaluation of ITS, etc. that will result in reduced animal use,
- Participation in a validation exercise of a recently developed test method,
- Participation in an implementation and regulatory acceptance exercise of a test with a high 3R relevance,
- Addressing scientific barriers to industrial application and regulatory acceptance of specific 3R techniques.
Call Information & Deadline
Who can apply ? Where to apply ?
The award is intended for a scientist based in Europe with less than 5 years post-doctoral experience.
Professional involvement in the 3Rs will be an asset in the application. The candidate and the current employing institution should submit a joint proposal of the research project with the potential to be conducted in collaboration with EPAA partners from industry and/or European Commission.
Information on the EPAA partners can be found at:
Detailed information about the call is available in the attached document.
Submission of proposals can be made to the EPAA Secretariat:
email: entr-epaa@ec.europa.eu until 15 September 2010.