Award Ceremony
During the Closing Ceremony of WC13, we are proud to recognize and celebrate outstanding contributions through a variety of awards and travel grants.
These opportunities support early-career researchers, promote regional representation, and highlight excellence in scientific presentations. From travel support to best poster and oral presentation awards, WC13 is committed to fostering the next generation of leaders in non-animal science.
The following awards will be presented:
JSAAE Best Poster Presentation Award
US $350 awarded to two first-author poster presenters—one from the Asia-Pacific region and one from Central or South America—based on originality and clarity.
ESTIV Best Oral Presentation Award
€250 and a one-year ESTIV membership for the best oral presentation by a first author, judged on excellence, innovation, and clarity.
ESTIV BEST POSTER AWARD for WC13
€250 and a one-year ESTIV membership for the best poster by a young scientist (35 years old or younger), demonstrating high scientific quality and relevance.
ALTEX AWARD PRICE FOR THE BEST 2025 ARTICLE
The ALTEX Prize, established in 1998, is awarded to the first author of the best article published in the journal ALTEX (www.altex.org) in the previous year of the World Congress. The Doerenkamp-Zbinden Foundation generously sponsors the ALTEX Prize, which entails a personal prize of CHF 2.000.
AIVT Early Career Best Oral Presentation
Applied In Vitro Toxicology will be giving a $300 award to a best oral presentation from an early career scientist (between 5 and 10 years post-PhD), focusing on applied work that stands to make a lasting impact on NAMs implementation.
2025 Humane Science Innovator Award
The Humane Science Innovator Award honors scientists who have made outstanding contributions to the replacement of animals in research and testing. Formerly known as the Russell and Burch Award, it is open to researchers from academia, industry, or government, including method developers and pioneers in non-animal approaches. The winner will receive a US $10,000 cash prize and a commemorative award, presented at WC13 in Rio de Janeiro.
EUSAAT Poster Awards (3)
EUSAAT, the European Society for Alternatives to Animal Testing, is the leading European 3Rs Society and is actively promoting the protection of experimental animals according to the 3Rs-Principle (Replace – Reduce – Refine). The society was founded in 1993 as MEGAT (Mitteleuropäische Gesellschaft für Alternativmethoden zu Tierversuchen. It changed its name to EUSAAT in 2008 to reflect the larger scope of its work and origins of its members. It hosts the renowned biennial EUSAAT Congress in Linz, Austria that brings together 3Rs experts from academia, governments, authorities, industry and animal welfare NGOs from all over the world. A special focus of both EUSAAT and the EUSAAT Congress series is the mentoring, support and promotion of young scientists.
To honor EUSAAT’s engagement for the promotion of young scientists and the collaboration between EUSAAT and the World Congress series, we are going to grant three awards of 500 € each for the best posters presented by young scientists at WC13. Candidates for the EUSAAT Best Poster Award are going to be chosen by EUSAAT representatives during poster presentations at WC13.
Criteria for the EUSAAT Best Poster Award are: The candidate should present her/his research work as the first author of the poster and should be in the early phase of her or his career (still in training, e. g. bachelor, master or PhD candidate or not longer than five years after graduation).
The three winners will be selected based on the impact of their work on the 3Rs, the scientific originality, and clarity of the poster presentation. Candidates are going to be kindly asked to join the closing ceremony of WC13, where the winners are going to be announced.
Natura Campus Award for Innovation in Animal-Free Methods
The Natura Scientific Award celebrates outstanding research in Brazil focused on developing innovative, animal-free testing methods. In honor of Natura’s 19-year commitment to ending animal testing and its Cruelty-Free International certification, the award includes a fully sponsored visit to the Natura Innovation Center in São Paulo in early 2026. The winner will tour the facilities, meet Natura’s alternative methods team, and present their research to explore future collaborations.
Healthbiolux Innovation award
One award for the best student presentation of work on bioprinting/modelling on a chip.