Downloads: EU commission
- Exchange of scientists
The new call for Marie Curie Actions that was announced for February 2008 is now available. By clicking here you can access the guide for applications for Intra-European Fellowships for Career-Development that may provide a good instrument to exchange young scientist between consortium members. The deadline for proposals is 19 August 2008.
A complete overview of relevant calls can be found at.
» http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/dc/index.cfm?fuseaction=UserSite.FP7SubmitProposalPage
The Intra-European fellowship can be found at:
» http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/dc/index.cfm? fuseaction=UserSite.FP7DetailsCallPage&CALL_ID=118#infopack
Note that the evaluation criteria are included in annex 2, page 38 - 44. These should be helpful in preparing an effective proposal. - Fourth Report on the statistics on the number of of animals used for experimental and other scientific purposes in the member states of the european union
The Commission to the Council and the European Parliament
» CC_4th-Report_Statistics.pdf, 248 KB - Publication by the European Commission (, DG Research, Unit F5, Health Biotechnology, EUR 23866), listing all current projects on Alternative Testing Strategies- Progress Report 2009, replacing, reducing and refining use of animals in research
Summaries and participants
» Alternative_Testing_Strategies_-_Progress_Report_2009.pdf, 5.3 MB
Downloads: General interest
- Toxicity Testing in the Twenty-first Century: A Vision and A Strategy
A report by The National Academy of Sciences
» http://www.nap.edu/execsumm_pdf/11970.pdf, 559 KB - Validation of Alternative Methods
» Validation_Alternative_Methods.pdf, 104 KB - The Research Programme of Scaat
Odile de Silva and David Basketter (on behalf of the COLIPA Steering Committee on Alternatives to Animal Testing)
» SCAAT_Research_Programme.pdf, 88 KB - Protecting more than animals - Reducing animal suffering often has the unexpected benefit of yielding more rigorous safety tests
Alan M. Goldberg and Thomas Hartung
» Protecting_Animals.pdf, 2.1 MB