funding

The Science Media Centre’s funding model is designed to reflect its position as an independent press office that is not linked to specific institutional interests. As such the Centre seeks donations from a wide variety of organisations with an interest in the accurate reporting of science in the mass media, including scientific institutions, science-based companies, charities, media organisations and government. See below for the list of funders.

The Centre is independent from its funders who do not gain influence over the SMC’s work in return for their financial support. To protect the Centre from any undue influence the SMC caps donations from any one institution at 5% of annual income. The SMC’s Trustees and Advisory Committee have agreed on a small number of exceptions to the 5% upper limit on donations. These exceptions are large trusts and government departments like Wellcome and BEIS.

The aggregate of public money from government and government funded bodies can also exceed 5%. This allows the SMC to accept funds from different science based departments in central government, from research councils and from arm’s length organisations. In addition to core funding the Centre also accepts support from some funders for specific projects.

A copy of our annual report and accounts can be found here.

The total income for the Science Media Centre for 2017-18 was £626,809. The upper limit for donations for 2017-18 is £30,000.

If you would like to support the SMC please contact us on:

t: +44 (0)20 7611 8300

Current Funders

(To date: January 2019)

£2,000 and under

£2,001 – £4,999

£5,000 – £9,999

£10,000 – £19,999

£20,000 – £30,000

Over £30,000

Previous Funders

AAAS and the magazine Science
Airwave Solutions
Alcohol Research UK
Allied Domecq
ARM Holdings Plc
Association for Science Education
Astellas
BASF Plc
Baxter
BBC Worldwide
Beeson Gregory
BNP Paribas Foundation
Boeing
Boots UK Ltd
British Computer Society (BCS)
British Embassy in Washington
British Energy Plc
British Geological Survey (BGS)
British In Vitro Diagnostics Association
British Land Plc
British Neuroscience Association
British Psychological Society (BPS)
British Retail Consortium
British Transplantation Society Council
Cadbury Plc
Cardiff University
Celgene
Charlie Waller Memorial Trust
Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers
Chilled Food Association (CFA)
Chiron Vaccines
CNAP Artemisia Research Project
Coalition for Medical Progress (CMP)
Coca-Cola
Confederation of the Food and Drink Industries of the European Union (CIAA)
Conoco (UK) Ltd
Conoco-Phillips
Co-operative Group (CWS) Limited
Copus
Daily Express
Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC)
Diamond Light Source
Dixons Group Plc
The Dow Chemical Company
The Drayson Foundation
DMG Media, including Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday, Metro and MailOnline
Du Pont (UK) Ltd
ECNP
Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC)
Eli Lilly & Company
Emergent Biosolutions Inc
EnergySolutions
Engineering UK
Environment Agency
European College of Neuropsychopharmacology
European Science Foundation (ESF)
ExxonMobil
EUK Consulting
Food & Drink Federation
The Francis Crick Institute
GE Healthcare
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)
The Government Office for Science (GO-S)
Human Fertilisation & Embryology Authority (HFEA)
Human Tissue Authority (HTA)
Illumina
International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI)
Independent Climate Change Email Review
Innovate UK
Institute of Food Science & Technology (IFST)
Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Techology (IMarEST)
Institute of Cancer Research, London
Institution of Civil Engineers
Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE)
Institute of Mental Health
Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience
JH Ritblat Charitable Trust
Kraft Foods Inc
Lever Faberge
Life Technologies
L’Oreal UK
Marks & Spencer (M&S)
The Marmot Review
Maudsley Charity
Medical Research Council (MRC)
Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency
Mental Health Foundation
Mental Health Research Network
Mental Health Research Network Cymru
Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD) Limited
Merlin Biosciences
The Met Office
Mobile Manufacturers Forum
Mobile Operators Association (MOA)
Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Association
Monsanto UK Ltd
MQ: Transforming Mental Health
The Naji Foundation
National Grid
New Scientist
News International Ltd
Northern Foods
Novartis
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA)
The Nuclear Institute
Parkinson’s Disease Society
Pfizer Limited
Philips UK
PR Works
The Physiological Society
The Posen Foundation
Powderject
QinetiQ
Queen’s University Belfast
Quintessa
Rathbones
RDS
Research Councils UK (RCUK)
Re-Solv
Regenesys
Rethink
Rotary Club of Milton Keynes Grand Union
Rothamsted Research
Royal Astronomical Society (RAS)
Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution (RCEP)
Royal College of Pathologists
Royal Pharmaceutical Society
Royal College of Physicians
Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCP)
Royal Society of Chemistry
Royal Society of Medicine
SAGE
Sanofi
Sanofi Pasteur MSD
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Science Council
Scottish Mental Health Research Network
Shell UK Limited
Siemens Plc
Simon Best
Smith & Nephew Plc
Springer
Syngenta
Tate & Lyle Plc
Tesco Limited
Trinity Mirror Plc
UCB
UCL Institute of Health Equity
UK Energy Research Centre
Unilever UK
University of Exeter
University of Portsmouth
University of Teesside
Urenco
Vodafone Group
Weizmann UK
Wi-Fi Alliance
World Health Organisation (WHO)
Wyeth

funding

Current Funders

Previous Funders

in this section