AFI Global Idea Challenge
Pays up to $7,000 in cash, plus a fully paid trip to Seoul, to anyone with an idea that reduces or replaces animal testing.
The AFI Global Idea Challenge is Animal Free Initiative's inaugural competition open to anyone with an idea to radically reduce or replace the need for animal testing — a scientific research concept, an AI or tech-driven approach, or a public-awareness or cultural-shift campaign — paying up to $7,000 in cash plus a fully paid trip to Seoul. It accepts lone individuals, startups under three years o…
The inaugural challenge is open to anyone with an idea to radically reduce the need for animal testing -- a scientific research concept, an AI or tech-driven approach, or a public-awareness or cultural-shift campaign. It accepts lone individuals, startups under three years old, or teams, at the concept stage rather than a finished product.
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