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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, 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: July
2008)
Current Funders
Previous
Funders
- Allied Domecq
- ARM
Holdings Plc
- Association
for Science Education (ASE)
- Beeson
Gregory
- BBC Worldwide
- British
Embassy in Washington
- British
Energy Plc
- British Land Plc
- British
Transplantation Society Council
- Chilled Food
Association (CFA)
- Chiron Vaccines
- Coalition
for Medical Progress (CMP)
- Confederation of the
Food and Drink
Industries of the European Union (CIAA)
- Conoco (UK)
Ltd
- Copus
- Conoco-Phillips
- Co-operative Group (CWS) Limited
- Dixons
Group Plc
- The Drayson Foundation
- Du
Pont (UK) Ltd
- Eli Lilly & Company
- European
Science Foundation (ESF)
- EuroScience Open Forum 2006
- JH
Ritblat Charitable Trust
- Lever Faberge
- Merlin
Biosciences
- Northern Foods
- The
Posen Foundation
- Powderject
- QinetiQ
- Rathbones
- RDS
- Regenesys
- Royal
College of Physicians
- Rothamstead Research
- Science
Council
- Simon
Best
- Tesco Limited
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 a
Wellcome Trust People Award for public engagement activities, to the
value of £30,000. Visit the Wellcome
Trust website page on grants awarded. The Engineering and Technology Board (ETB) is an independent organisation that promotes the essential role of engineers, engineering and technology in society. The ETB partners business and industry, Government and the wider science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) community. The ETB fund the Science Media Centre on behalf of the engineering community. Visit the ETB website for a list of member organisations. Refurbishment costs
were met by a generous donation from Sir John Ritblat and family. 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 also donated money towards furnishing the Centre.
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