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The SMC is housed within the Royal Institution but independent from any single scientific body. To preserve our independence, funding has been sought from a wide variety of sources, none of which have contributed more than 5% of the total running costs (£400,000 per year). Media groups, charities, universities, industry, professional associations and individuals are all taking part in funding the Science Media Centre. The list below shows the organisations that have committed funds towards our running costs in the last twelve months: (To date: Feb 2010)
Current Funders
Previous Funders
- AAAS and the magazine Science
- Allied Domecq
- ARM Holdings Plc
- Association for Science Education
- BASF Plc
- Beeson Gregory
- BBC Worldwide
- British Computer Society (BCS)
- British Energy Plc
- British Geological Survey (BGS)
- British Embassy in Washington
- British Land Plc
- British Neuroscience Association
- British Transplantation Society Council
- Cadbury Plc
- Coalition for Medical Progress (CMP)
- Chiron Vaccines
- 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
- Dixons Group Plc
- The Dow Chemical Company
- The Drayson Foundation
- Du Pont (UK) Ltd
- Eli Lilly & Company
- European Science Foundation (ESF)
- Imperial College London
- JH Ritblat Charitable Trust
- Kraft Foods Inc
- Lever Faberge
- Merlin Biosciences
- National Physical Laboratory (NPL)
- Nature Magazine and Macmillan Publishing Group
- Northern Foods
- Pfizer Limited
- The Posen Foundation
- Powderject
- QinetiQ
- Rathbones
- RDS
- Regenesys
- Rothamsted Research
- Royal College of Physicians
- Royal Society of Medicine
- Science Council
- Simon Best
- Smith & Nephew Plc
- Tesco Limited
- Trinity Mirror Plc
- UK Cleaning Products Industry Association (UKPCI)
- University of Teesside
- Vodafone Group
- Weizmann UK
- Wyeth
Special Notes
The Wellcome Trust is an independent charity funding research to improve human and animal health. The Science Media Centre is in receipt of core funding from the Wellcome Trust to the value of £30,000 per year. Visit the Wellcome Trust website page on grants awarded. Refurbishment costs were met by a generous donation from John Ritblat. In recognition of this vital support, the main office of the Science Media Centre has been named the John Ritblat room. The Dixon Group PLC generously donated our IT equipment. Trinity Mirror PLC have donated money towards furnishing the Centre.
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