As a state-wide cross-sectional center, the 3R-Center Tübingen represents the 3R topic in the research landscape, politics and the broad public in Baden-Württemberg. Funded by the Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts, it is jointly supported by the Medical Faculty of the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen and the NMI Natural and Medical Sciences Institute at the University of Tübingen.