{"id":3582,"date":"2022-11-16T05:02:32","date_gmt":"2022-11-16T04:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.proanima.fr\/ethicscience\/prix-ethicscience\/prix-ethicscience-2022\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T21:12:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T20:12:11","slug":"prix-ethicscience-2022","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.proanima.fr\/en\/prix-ethicscience-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"DVES Prize: An Award for Non-Animal Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"C\u00e9r\u00e9monie de remise du Prix Descroix-Vernier EthicScience (DVES) 2025\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FJoxAImt4p0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"an_award_for_non-animal_research\"><\/span>An Award for Non-Animal Research<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>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&nbsp;2013.<\/p>\n<p>A strong objective: <strong>Participate in the development of research programs free of animal experimentation and based on the most advanced and effective scientific and technological knowledge<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.proanima.fr\/en\/ethicscience\/prix-ethicscience\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Since its creation, the EthicScience Prize rewards leading research programs every two years<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Among the awarded programs: the development of a \u201cmini-brain\u201d based on stem cells to further research on Parkinson\u2019s disease (LCSB); three-dimensional modeling of cancerous tumors using human tissue (Oncoth\u00e9is \/ Epithelix laboratories); or even new synthetic skin models for testing chemical compounds (Atoxigen laboratory).<\/p>\n<p><strong>In 2023, for its 10th anniversary, the EthicScience Prize became the Descroix-Vernier EthicScience Prize.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3891\" src=\"https:\/\/www.proanima.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Bandeau-LOGO_prix-descroix-vernier-ethicscience-copie-2-1024x614.jpg\" alt width=\"614\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.proanima.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Bandeau-LOGO_prix-descroix-vernier-ethicscience-copie-2-1024x614.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.proanima.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Bandeau-LOGO_prix-descroix-vernier-ethicscience-copie-2-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.proanima.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Bandeau-LOGO_prix-descroix-vernier-ethicscience-copie-2-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.proanima.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Bandeau-LOGO_prix-descroix-vernier-ethicscience-copie-2-1536x922.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.proanima.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Bandeau-LOGO_prix-descroix-vernier-ethicscience-copie-2-2048x1229.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.proanima.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Bandeau-LOGO_prix-descroix-vernier-ethicscience-copie-2-624x374.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px\"><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"two_institutions_for_a_mutual_goal\"><\/span>Two institutions for a mutual goal<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fondationdescroixvernier.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Descroix-Vernier Foundation<\/a>, 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.<\/p>\n<p>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:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Thanks to new technologies in research, animal exploitation is no longer an obligation. So it is unacceptable.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Jean-Baptiste Descroix-Vernier<\/strong><br>\nFondation Descroix-Vernier<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"the_descroix-vernier_ethicscience_prize_an_innovative_prize\"><\/span>The Descroix-Vernier EthicScience Prize: an innovative prize<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>The Descroix-Vernier EthicScience Prize<\/strong> pursues the work of the EthicScience Prize<strong> and now rewards three scientific programs, each corresponding to<\/strong> <strong>the following categories:<br>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201c<strong>Innovation<\/strong>\u201d and \u201c<strong>Applicability<\/strong>\u201d, with <strong>a significant endowment of 50,000 euros each<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to these 2 awards, the \u201c<strong>Jury Prize<\/strong>\u201d, <strong>endowed with 10,000 euros<\/strong>. This prize aims to encourage promising research and\/or a team with regard to the exceptional quality of its&nbsp;work.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Descroix-Vernier EthicScience Prize therefore offers a total endowment of 110,000 euros<\/strong>: this is <strong>a first in France, in favor of non-animal research<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The next edition of the DVES Prize will take place in&nbsp;2027.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.proanima.fr\/en\/dves-2025-prize-call-for-application\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Learn more about each category \/ Submit your project<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"bouton\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.proanima.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/20250328-CP-Prix-DVES-ANNONCE-LAUREATS-V2-EN-WEB.pdf\">2025 Laureates: Download the press release<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"bouton\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.proanima.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Prix-Descroix-Vernier-EthicScience_20230131-en.pdf\">2023 Laureates: Download the press release<\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">With regard to non-animal research, we must demonstrate without delay that we can do better and differently than with animal experimentation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Christiane Laupie-Koechlin<\/strong><br>\nFounder General Secretary of Pro&nbsp;Anima<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3885\" src=\"https:\/\/www.proanima.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/descroix_vernier_proanima.jpg\" alt width=\"564\" height=\"125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.proanima.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/descroix_vernier_proanima.jpg 564w, https:\/\/www.proanima.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/descroix_vernier_proanima-300x66.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 564px) 100vw, 564px\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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&nbsp;2013. 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