Science

The Science Prize is open to individuals, research teams or institutions for work most likely to lead to practical non-animal tests which could be accepted by regulators.

We prioritise projects that are most likely to lead to practical non-animal tests which could be accepted by regulators. We think the most promising approaches include:

• adverse outcome pathways
• organs on chips, and
• computational toxicology

Lush Prize is also particularly interested in human-relevant adverse outcome pathways for systemic toxicology or developmental toxicology.

Science Prize funding is £50,000.

The prize money shall be ring-fenced for non-animal use so that it cannot be used to fund any animal testing whatsoever. In awarding the prize to academic institutions, priority will be given to research teams or groups which deal exclusively with non-animal research.

Nominations for the 2026 Lush Prize are now closed.