NIH Opens Up Funding and Training Opportunities for Animal-Free Science

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has finally listened to the calls of PETA scientists and committed to promoting non-animal research, including opening up funding and training opportunities for animal-free science. This welcome, long-overdue development also follows a powerful bipartisan letter to NIH from members of Congress—led by Reps. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) and Ted Lieu (D-Calif.)—that referenced our Research Modernization Deal and pushed the agency to adopt superior, animal-free research methods. NIH is putting this commitment into effect by creating a new Common Fund program that will ensure that resources are available for implementing superior, human-relevant technology—a stunning development for which PETA scientists have long called and that could mark a turning point in our fight to relegate animal experimentation to the dustbin of history.