Colgate-Palmolive Company Grants

Colgate-Palmolive Company Grants is a funding program from Colgate-Palmolive Company that supports research identifying and validating scientifically acceptable alternatives to animal testing methods for the safety assessment of new chemicals and formulations. The program gives high priority to projects that advance non-animal methods with the potential to reduce, replace, or refine animal use in safety science.

Scientists at any career stage may apply, including those affiliated with nonprofits, universities, and community groups in the United States. Grant amounts vary based on project scope.

Colgate-Palmolive Grant for Alternative Research - SOT Apply Apply for SOT Membership and Awards—Powered by SurveyMonkey Apply Colgate-Palmolive Grant for Alternative Research Opens May 17 2023 12:00 AM (EDT) Deadline Oct 9 2025 11:59 PM (EDT) The Colgate-Palmolive Grant for Alternative Research will identify and support efforts that promote, develop, refine, or validate scientifically acceptable animal alternative methods to facilitate the safety assessment of new chemicals and formulations.

Scientists at any stage of career progression may submit a proposal. High priority will be given to projects that use in vitro or non-animal models in one of the following research areas: (1) reproductive and developmental toxicology; (2) neurotoxicology; (3) systemic toxicology; (4) sensitization; or (5) acute toxicity.

This award consists of a plaque and a maximum cash award of $40,000, provided as a single lump sum payment, and awardees can apply for funding again. Applicants will be assessed based on their capacity to conduct the described research.

Applicants must work in an established laboratory or have access to a laboratory capable of performing the research detailed in the submission, and applicants will be evaluated based on level of training, experience, and competence commensurate with proposed research. The quality of past scientific publications will also be considered.

Applicants do not have to be a current member of the Society of Toxicology (although if the applicant is selected to receive the award and is not a member, the awardee will apply).

Implications for Research: The project must clearly lie within the primary research areas defined, must have potential for advancing the field of study, and must be determined to have a future impact on experiments involving animals and the method replaces the use of animals in research.

Research Plan's Scientific and Technical Merit: The research plan will be evaluated based on its scientific quality and originality, the feasibility of the objectives, and the appropriateness and efficiency of the budget.

Items needed in the application: Proposal, including (1) title of proposed project and key words; (2) abstract containing a brief description of the project in understandable terms (maximum 200 words); and (3) body of the proposal (not to exceed six pages).

Signed institutional letter attesting that the applicant has access to a laboratory To determine if you are eligible to submit an application for a Colgate-Palmolive Supported Award, you should be able to answer yes to the following statements. I will not use any animals in my research. I will not use animal sacrifice to source cells for my research.

I will not use any cells derived from a human embryo. If you agree with all three of the statements above and meet the outlined criteria, you are eligible to submit an application. Please complete the application by the October 9 SOT Awards deadline.

Historical Listing of Award Recipients Note on cell culture supplements and antibodies The type and source of all cell culture supplements and antibodies must be clearly described in the proposal, including whether the testing involves the use of animal-derived serum (e.g., fetal bovine serum, FBS) and/or of animal-derived antibodies.

If so, please justify why animal-derived serum and/or animal-derived antibodies are used and explain whether you have considered or are considering the possibility to replace them with serum-free alternatives (e.g., chemically defined media) and/or non-animal recombinant antibodies (e.g., produced with phage display technology). Colgate-Palmolive prefers the use of non-animal serum and antibodies.

Colgate-Palmolive Grant for Alternative Research The Colgate-Palmolive Grant for Alternative Research will identify and support efforts that promote, develop, refine, or validate scientifically acceptable animal alternative methods to facilitate the safety assessment of new chemicals and formulations. Scientists at any stage of career progression may submit a proposal.

High priority will be given to projects that use in vitro or non-animal models in one of the following research areas: (1) reproductive and developmental toxicology; (2) neurotoxicology; (3) systemic toxicology; (4) sensitization; or (5) acute toxicity. This award consists of a plaque and a maximum cash award of $40,000, provided as a single lump sum payment, and awardees can apply for funding again.

Applicants will be assessed based on their capacity to conduct the described research. Applicants must work in an established laboratory or have access to a laboratory capable of performing the research detailed in the submission, and applicants will be evaluated based on level of training, experience, and competence commensurate with proposed research. The quality of past scientific publications will also be considered.

Applicants do not have to be a current member of the Society of Toxicology (although if the applicant is selected to receive the award and is not a member, the awardee will apply).

Implications for Research: The project must clearly lie within the primary research areas defined, must have potential for advancing the field of study, and must be determined to have a future impact on experiments involving animals and the method replaces the use of animals in research.

Research Plan's Scientific and Technical Merit: The research plan will be evaluated based on its scientific quality and originality, the feasibility of the objectives, and the appropriateness and efficiency of the budget.

Items needed in the application: Proposal, including (1) title of proposed project and key words; (2) abstract containing a brief description of the project in understandable terms (maximum 200 words); and (3) body of the proposal (not to exceed six pages).

Signed institutional letter attesting that the applicant has access to a laboratory To determine if you are eligible to submit an application for a Colgate-Palmolive Supported Award, you should be able to answer yes to the following statements. I will not use any animals in my research. I will not use animal sacrifice to source cells for my research.

I will not use any cells derived from a human embryo. If you agree with all three of the statements above and meet the outlined criteria, you are eligible to submit an application. Please complete the application by the October 9 SOT Awards deadline.

Historical Listing of Award Recipients Note on cell culture supplements and antibodies The type and source of all cell culture supplements and antibodies must be clearly described in the proposal, including whether the testing involves the use of animal-derived serum (e.g., fetal bovine serum, FBS) and/or of animal-derived antibodies.

If so, please justify why animal-derived serum and/or animal-derived antibodies are used and explain whether you have considered or are considering the possibility to replace them with serum-free alternatives (e.g., chemically defined media) and/or non-animal recombinant antibodies (e.g., produced with phage display technology). Colgate-Palmolive prefers the use of non-animal serum and antibodies.

May 17 2023 12:00 AM (EDT) Oct 9 2025 11:59 PM (EDT)