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Alternative methods - Joint research project: 3R-Schooling for Methodological approaches to Reduce Animal Tests. Subproject 1: Coordination (3R-SMART)
Project
Project code: 031L0113A
Contract period: 01.04.2018
- 31.03.2021
Budget: 500,218 Euro
Purpose of research: Public relations
Keywords: 3R-Research, alternative methods, animal protection, animal testing, animal welfare
The Directive 2010/63/EU firmly strengthens the adoption of the 3R principle throughout all uses of animals for scientific and educational purposes, resulting in increased research efforts in this field. The requested joint project of the University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Foundation (TiHo) and the Philipps-University Marburg wants to support these 3R-research activities and to enhance transparency and visibility in this field by establishing an open access platform providing teaching in methods to replace, to reduce and to refine animal experimentation. The platform is named 3R-Schooling for Methodological Approaches to Reduce Animal Tests (3R-SMART), and is competence-oriented tailored to the needs of scientists and technical staff of universities, public institutions, and industry. To ensure broad acceptance in this target groups the Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing (CAAT), the German Centre for the Protection of Laboratory Animals (Bf3R) at the BfR, the Society for Laboratory Animal Science (GV-SOLAS), the Universities of Marburg and Konstanz, the FU Berlin with the Berlin-Brandenburg research platform BB3R, the Paul-Ehrlich-Institute, and BASF are integrated into the contentual creation of the platform. To guarantee high visibility right from the start it is planned to integrate 3R-SMART into the established teaching-platform for laboratory animal science (LAS interactive), driven by the Philipps University Marburg. This concept also allows using already existing LAS interactive-structures and -contents for the 3R-SMART. LAS interactive is focused on application-oriented online-contributions supporting refinement of animal experiments. These courses will form the initial basis for the refinement module of 3R-SMART. This allows focusing the developmental work of 3R-SMART on courses for approaches to replace and to reduce animal studies. According to the European standards the transfer of knowledge about the 3R-principle is essential in courses to acquire expertise in lab animal science. 3R-SMART will therefore also be used to work out a curriculum for a certificate to prove 3R-competencies. This task will be performed in strong collaboration with the GV-SOLAS, which certifies courses in laboratory animal science according to the European standards. After the project timeline of three years it is intended to increase the degree of dissemination to the European level by integration of 3R-SMART into the EU-platform “Education and Training in Laboratory Animal Science” (ETPLAS). The joint research project will provide significant and sustainable support for a wider implementation of 3R-methods. This will consequently result in a decreased number of animals used for scientific and educational purposes.
Section overview
Subjects
- Animal health
- Communication Sciences
Funding programme
Excutive institution
Institute for Animal Health, Animal Welfare and Behaviour of Farm Animals (ITTN)
Funding institution
Project management agencies
Associated projects: 3R-SMART
- Alternative methods - Joint research project: 3R-Schooling for Methodological approaches to Reduce Animal Tests. Subproject 3
- Alternative methods - Joint research project: 3R-Schooling for Methodological approaches to Reduce Animal Tests. Subproject 2
- Alternative methods - Joint research project: 3R-Schooling for Methodological approaches to Reduce Animal Tests. Subproject 4
- Alternative methods - Joint research project: 3R-Schooling for Methodological approaches to Reduce Animal Tests. Subproject 5
