CARE Technician travel grants 2019

31 July 2019

FENS News

31 July, 2019 in FENS News

FENS-CARE is offering 5 travel grants to support training in the context of the implementation of the European Directive on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes. Deadline for application: 30 September 2019.

FENS-CARE is offering 5 travel grants of €500 each to support training in the context of the implementation of the European Directive on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes. Training should be focused on the 3Rs (replacement, refinement, reduction). CARE is the FENS Committee dedicated to the responsible use of animals in neuroscience.

Two different types of travel grant are available:

  • Travel grants for technicians: the aim of these grants is to support technicians working with animals who wish to travel to another facility for training. 
  • Travel grants for academic institutions: these grants should be used to invite experts to come to an institution in order to train that institution’s animal technicians.

Deadline for application is Monday 30 September 2019.

To apply and for more information, please go here.

CARE Technician Travel Grant