This page highlights funding sources for research and development on 3R-alternatives to the use of animals in science and education. Some are time-limited and/or restricted to certain categories of personnel or research areas.

Europe

• Funding schemes from the Swiss 3R Competence Centre (Swiss 3RCC)
• Funding from UFAW (Universities Federation for Animal Welfare, UK):
  • Small Project and Travel Awards (≤£3,500)
  • Research and Project Awards (>£3,500) 
• Funding schemes from the NC3Rs (National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research), UK 
• Funding schemes from the French Center for the 3Rs (FC3R)
• Danish 3R-Center (DKK 1.5 million per year)
• Grants from the Swedish Fund for Research Without Animal Experiments (Forska Utan Djurförsök)
• Replacing Animal Research (formerly FRAME) funds the FRAME Laboratory, Summer Studentship Awards, an Innovation Grant Scheme and Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (Grant funding policy).
• Funding from Stichting Proefdiervrij (Dutch Foundation for the Replacement of Animal Testing), The Hague
• More Knowledge with Fewer Animals - a programme from ZonMW, an independent Dutch government body
• Young Researcher and Innovator Conference Grants and Short-Term Scientific Missions related to home cage monitoring, from the COST-TEATIME project
• Petra Lundbergs Stiftelse, Sweden
• Horizon Europe (2021-2027)

USA

• AALAS Grants for Laboratory Animal Science (GLAS)
• Annual Open Grants from ARDF (Alternatives Research and Development Foundation)
• PETA/PCRM/ARDF scheme for providing free recombinant antibodies for research and testing

Lists compiled by other organisations

• List of funding opportunities compiled by the Swedish 3Rs Center
• List of funding opportunities provided by RE-PLACE, Belgium
• List of funding opportunities compiled by the 3Rs Collaborative
• List of funding opportunities compiled by LISAvienna (Life Sciences in Vienna) - can be sorted by country and type (e.g. basic research, clinical research, pre-seed and start-ups)

Awards from 3R Centres

Several 3R centres (including Norecopa) award 3R prizes with cash awards that can be used to support 3R initiatives:

• overview of centres awarding a 3R prize
• global overview of 3R centres
• Norecopa's 3R Prize

Norway

• FHF (Fiskeri- og Havbruksnæringens Forskningsfinansiering): funding research and development of relevance to fisheries and farming of marine species- in Norwegian
• The Research Council of Norway (Norges forskningsråd)
• SkatteFUNN (Norway)
• Støtteregisteret