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Endowment Award
SOCIETY FOR ALTERNATIVES TO ANIMAL EXPERIMENTS-INDIA (SAAE-I)
Announces
‘Dr. Dipti M. Kapoor Endowment Award’
The Society for Alternatives to Animal Experiments-India (SAAE-I) annually grants on a young researcher working in the field of/practicing Non-animal Methods/Alternatives to Animal Experiments, the Dr Dipti M. Kapoor Endowment Award at the Society’s Annual Conference.
Applications are invited for this year’s conference (6th Annual Conference of SAAE-I) scheduled for December 12-14, at Jamia Hamdard (Deemed University), New Delhi.
Who was Dr Dipti M. Kapoor?
Dr Dipti M. Kapoor was the Science Policy Advisor of PETA-India. She passed away at a young age, creating a big void in the field of non-animal methods in India, which will be challenging to fill. To recognize her contribution ‘to Alternatives’, SAAE-I has instituted this award.
Eligibility Criteria:
- Applicants must be early-career researchers active in the field of alternatives/animal-free research and testing methods, including non-animal derived components or working for policy/regulatory/social reforms to replace/reduce animal testing with non-animal methods. Applicants should be citizens of India, aged 45 years or below (as on December 31, 2024), and the work/service should have been conducted in India.
Details of the Award:
- The winner, selected by a jury of eminent individuals, shall receive a cash prize of Rs. 10000/- (Rupees ten thousand only) in the form of a cheque, and a citation.
- The award and citation will be presented at the Annual Conference of SAAE-I, this year hosted by Jamia Hamdard (Deemed University), New Delhi, on Dec. 12-14, 2024.
- In addition to the cash prize and citation, the awardee will be offered a waiver of the registration fee and reimbursement of travel costs (minimum, AC-II class train fare, to be reimbursed at the venue). He/She will also be provided cost-free accommodation by the organizer of the Conference. The awardee must attend the entire Conference.
Award for the previous year:
The 2022 award was conferred on Dr. Shilpy Sharma, Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology, University of Pune, and the 2023 award was conferred on Dr. Gopinath Packirisamy, Professor of Nanobioechnology, IIT, Roorkee.
How to Apply:
- Applications for the award must be submitted as an email attachment to the General Secretary, (saae.india@gmail.com), on or before 30.09.2024.
- The application shall include a motivation letter of about 500 words, covering their perspective on alternatives and short- and long-term career goals. Applicants will also be required to send their CVs with affiliation details and contact, including a passport-size photograph and an abstract of the talk on their contribution to the Alternatives/3Rs not exceeding 300 words.
- The Awardee will be notified by an email within one month of the application deadline. Information on and a noification will also be posted on the SAAE-I website.
- Third-party nominations will not be accepted.
Dr. Syed Ziaur Rahman
Organizing Secretary, SAAE- AC6
Dr. M.A. Akbarsha
General Secretary, SAAE-I
Dr. Y.K. Gupta
President, SAAE-I
Dipti Award 2023 – Notification of winner
Society for Alternatives to Animal Experiments-India (SAAE-I)
Announces
‘Dr. Dipti M. Kapoor Endowment Award’-2022
The Society for Alternatives to Animal Experiments-India (SAAE-I) confers every year on a young researcher working in the field of/practicing Non-animal Methods/ Alternatives to Animal Experiments, the Dr. Dipti M. Kapoor Endowment Award at the Society’s Annual Conference. Applications are invited for this year conference due to be held on December 8-9 at the University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram.
Eligibility:
- An early-career researcher active in the field of/practicing alternatives/animal-free research and testing methods or working for policy/regulatory/social reforms to replace/reduce animal testing with non-animal methods.
- Open to citizens of India aged 45 years or below (as on December 31, 2022).
Award Details:
The award shall consist of:
- A cash prize of Rs. 5000/- (Rupees five thousand only), met from Dipti M. Kapoor Endowment, in the form of a cheque, at the annual conference to be held on December 8-9, at the University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram; and
- Waiver of registration fees, cost of travel to the conference (minimum, AC-II class train fare, to be reimbursed at the venue), and cost-free accommodation.
How to Apply:
- Applications for the award must be submitted as an email attachment to the General Secretary, SAAE-I (saae.india@gmail.com) on or before 10.11.2022, and the Awardee will be notified within a week time.
- The application shall include a motivation letter, CV with details of affiliation, contact, including a passport size photograph, etc., and with an abstract on his/her contribution to the Alternatives/3Rs. He/she must attend the entire conference.
Society for Alternative to Animal Experiments – India (SAAE-I)
DIPTI M. KAPOOR ENDOWMENT AWARD
Dr. Dipti M. Kapoor, Science Policy Advisor, PeTA-India, has left us untimely, and a big void in the alternatives scenario in India has been created. In order to recognize the enormous contribution of Dr. Dipti M. Kapoor, who was also one of the Founding Members of the Society for Alternative to Animal Experiments – India (SAAE-I), and her lasting impact on the animal alternatives movement in India, the Society felt obliged to remember her by instituting an Endowment in her memory. The Society, in consultation with the family members of Dr. Dipti and the PeTA – India, invited contribution for the Endowment. A major contribution was received from PeTA – India. SAAE-I members, friends and well-wishers of Dr. Dipti made generous contribution, the total of which as of now, amounts to Rs. 1,00,000/- (Rupees one lakh).
- The Endowment Fund will be deposited in a separate bank account and the proceeds will be used to partly support a young researcher with an ‘early career travel grant’.
- The name of award will be ‘Dr. Dipti M. Kapoor Endowment Award’.
- The award will be open to citizens of India aged 45 years or below (as on December 31 of the year).
- The award is for an early-career researcher active in the field of alternatives/animal-free research and testing methods or a person working for policy/regulatory/social reforms to replace/reduce animal testing with non-animal methods.
- The award will consist of a cash prize of Rs. 5000/- (Rupees five thousand only), as of now, in the form of a cheque conferred on the Awardee at the Annual Conference of the SAAE-India. The Organizers of the Conference will participate in the gesture by not collecting any Registration Fee form the Awardee and also meeting out the travel cost by train (AC-II class) and providing cost-free accommodation to the Awardee.
- The Awardee will be encouraged to make a presentation or address the delegates in the Award Session. The Award Session shall preferably be organized on the first day in or immediately after the inaugural session.
- The application/nomination for the award will be invited through the web site of SAEE-I/PeTA – India at least six months before the SAEE-India annual conference.
- A jury of three Members (One SAAE-I nominee, one PeTA nominee and one independent expert; the SAAE-I nominee and the expert will be recommend by the EC of SAAE-I) shall select the Awardee.
- The selected person will be intimated at least two months before the conference.
- The first award will commence in the year 2022.
- It was resolved that efforts should be made by SAAE-India and PeTA to increase the corpus.
- The Committee Members thanked the General Secretary-SAAE.I, PeTA-India and all the other contributors for their effort/support.
General Secretary
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