Description:

The Colgate-Palmolive Company sponsors the Colgate-Palmolive Postdoctoral Fellowship Award in In Vitro Toxicology through the Society of Toxicology to advance the development of alternatives to animal testing in toxicological research. The award is given annually and includes stipend and research-related costs (up to $44,000) for one year. Postdoctoral trainees in their first year of study beyond the PhD, MD, or DVM degree who are at academic institutions, federal/national laboratories, or research institutes worldwide may apply. The award application deadline is October 9 of the year prior to the year in which the fellowship is awarded.

The award consists of a plaque and fellowship funds.

Criteria for award:

• Postdoctoral trainees employed by academic institutions, federal/national laboratories, or research institutes
• Doctoral degree must have been conferred before this fellowship is awarded
• Preference will be given to applicants in their first year of postdoctoral study
• Applicant or postdoctoral advisor must be a member or pending member of the Society. If the recipient is not a member, they will be required to submit a membership application before the fellowship is conferred
• Proposed research should involve in vitro or animal alternative methods
• Potential of the proposed work to contribute to the advancement of the field of alternatives

Items needed in the application:

1. Application form
2. Budget sheet
3. Detailed project description that includes:
   • description of research to be performed (this description must not exceed three pages), including specific aims of the research and a description of their relevance to the development of methods involving the reduction, replacement, or refinement of the use of animals
   • preliminary data in support of the application may be included as an appendix
   • brief section addressing the career goals of the applicant
4. Curriculum vitae
5. Reprints of up to three representative publications
6. Letter of reference from doctoral advisor noting anticipated date of dissertation defense or certifying completion of the degree
7. Letter of reference from the proposed postdoctoral advisor
8. Third letter of reference

Eligibility:

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.

In my proposed research:

1. I will not use any animals in my research.
2. I will not use animal sacrifice to source cells for my research.
3. I will not use any cells derived from a human embryo.

If you agree with all three of the statements above, congratulations, you are eligible to submit an application! Please complete the requested application materials by the October 09 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.