DVES Prize: An Award for Non-Animal Research

An Award for Non-Animal Research

Facing the lack of public funding and political will in favor of alternative methods to animal experimentation, Pro Anima Scientific Committee created the EthicScience Fund and Prize in 2013.

A strong objective: Participate in the development of research programs free of animal experimentation and based on the most advanced and effective scientific and technological knowledge.

Since its creation, the EthicScience Prize rewards leading research programs every two years.

Among the awarded programs: the development of a “mini-brain” based on stem cells to further research on Parkinson’s disease (LCSB); three-dimensional modeling of cancerous tumors using human tissue (Oncothéis / Epithelix laboratories); or even new synthetic skin models for testing chemical compounds (Atoxigen laboratory).

In 2023, for its 10th anniversary, the EthicScience Prize became the Descroix-Vernier EthicScience Prize.

Two institutions for a mutual goal

Promoting since 1989 non-animal methods for biomedical research and chemical risk assessment, the Pro Anima Scientific Committee is delighted to count on the support of the Descroix-Vernier Foundation.

In 2022, the two institutions were pleased to announce their alliance for the Descroix-Vernier EthicScience Prize, aiming at better spotlighting the innovations of human-centered non-animal research.

The Descroix-Vernier Foundation, which has been supporting many humanitarian, environmental and animal causes for decades and whose mission is to save lives, as many lives as possible, considers the challenges of non-animal research to be crucial.

For its founder, the philanthropic entrepreneur, Jean-Baptiste Descroix-Vernier, it is urgent to highlight the work of Pro Anima and the scientists who work for a more ethical science: