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Lush Prize at EUSAAT 2013
This week the Lush Prize is being represented at the annual congress of EUSAAT, the European Society for Alternatives to Animal Testing. EUSAAT promotes the dissemination and validation of alternative methods to animal testing and promotion of research in the field of the 3Rs (refine, reduce, replace). Of course the Lush Prize is here to […]
YOUR CHANCE TO JUDGE THE LUSH PRIZE 2013
This year’s Lush Prize will be judged on 20th September in London by a panel of independent science and animal welfare experts from within industry and Animal Welfare NGOs. We also know that there is a huge body of opinion against animal testing amongst ordinary people – and no one feels more strongly or wants […]
Nominations for Lush Prize 2013 now closed
Nominations for the 2013 Lush Prize have now closed. We received over 100 nominations with some fantastic projects to choose from in all five categories. The Lush Prize team here in Manchester will be busy in the coming weeks compiling a short list of projects in each category to go forward to the judges. The […]
Nominations for Lush Prize 2013 flooding in
With the deadline for submissions for the Lush Prize 2013 fast approaching nominations are flooding in. So far we have received nominations from across the globe, including Canada, India, Sweden, Pakistan, Germany, USA, and France. Nominations close on Monday 15th July so there is still time to nominate either your own organisation or someone else.
Nominations open for 2013 Lush Prize
The 2013 Lush Prize is now open for nominations. A further £250,000 is available for ‘outstanding contributions’ to replacing animal use in product safety testing. Nominations and entries are sought across the same five categories as last year: • Science • Training • Lobbying • Public Awareness • Young Researcher The closing date for nominations is July […]
Great news from Europe, but more remains to be done
On 11th March 2013 the European Union banned the sale of new cosmetic products containing ingredients tested on animals with immediate effect. The EU ban means that any company wishing to sell new cosmetic products within the European Union must ensure that none of the ingredients, or finished products, have been tested on animals anywhere […]
2012 Prize Ceremony Gallery and Video Interviews
The 2012 prize winners who were able to attend the award ceremony explain, in their own words a bit about the research or campaigning they are doing. Young Researcher award winnner Elizabeth Woehrling talks about growing human nerve cells in Birmingham. Birgitte Landesmann & Milena Mennecozzi from The Institute for Health and Consumer Protection, Italy explain […]
The 2012 Prize Winners are…
The 2012 Prize Winners announced last night were as follows: Science Prize Institute for Health and Consumer Protection, Italy (£50,000) For their work on toxicity pathways in heptatoxicology and developmental toxicology http://ihcp.jrc.ec.europa.eu Lobbying Prize Humane Society International, USA (£40,000) For their work on removing animal tests from the EU’s non-food pesticide regulations http://www.hsi.org […]
Winners announced today
Around 120 people will be attending the awards dinner tonight to find out who has won the 2012 Lush Prize. People are already gathering at the venue in Shoreditch to hear a global skyped-in debate on animal intelligence, and to tour a ‘future space’ installation showing a world where animal testing no longer exists. Tomorrow […]
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