Science Media Centre - Funding

This page gathers and presents a compilation of data on the funding of the Science Media Centre.

Funding of the Science Media Centre
Name of Donor	Sep 2002	Apr 2003	Oct 2004	Nov 2005	Apr 2006	Feb 2007	Jul 2008	May 2009	May 2010	Jun 2011	Aug 2012	Jun 2013	Total
[[ A&N Media, including Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday, Metro and MailOnline ]]	1	1			1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	10
[[ AAAS and the magazine Science ]]			1	1	1	1	1						5
[[ Abbott Laboratories ]]			1	1		1	1	1	1	1	1	1	9
[[ Airwave Solutions ]]											1	1	2
[[ Alcohol Research UK ]]											1		1
[[ Allied Domecq ]]			1										1
[[ Alzheimer's Research UK ]]									1	1	1	1	4
[[ ARM Holdings Plc ]]	1	1	1	1	1	1							6
[[ Association for Science Education [Listed as Dr David Moore in 2002-03] ]]	1	1	1	1	1	1							6
[[ Association of Medical Research Charities ]]			1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	10
[[ Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry ]]											1	1	2
[[ AstraZeneca ]]	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	12
[[ BASF ]]						1	1	1			1	1	5
[[ Baxter ]]													0
[[ Bayer Plc ]]								1	1	1	1	1	5
[[ BBC Worldwide ]]			1										1
[[ Beeson Gregory ]]	1	1				1							3
[[ Biotechnology & Biological Sciences Research Council ]]			1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	10
[[ Blackwells Publishing Ltd ]]				1	1	1	1						4
[[ Boeing ]]										1	1	1	3
[[ Boots UK Ltd ]]								1					1
[[ BP International Ltd [BP plc 2008, 2009] [BP-AMOCO 2005] ]]	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	12
[[ British Computer Society (BCS) ]]				1	1	1	1	1					5
[[ British Embassy in Washington ]]					1	1							2
[[ British Energy Plc ]]	1	1				1							3
[[ British Geological Survey (BGS) ]]						1	1	1					3
[[ British Heart Foundation ]]											1	1	2
[[ British In Vitro Diagnostics Association ]]												1	1
[[ British Land Plc ]]	1	1		1	1								4
[[ British Neuroscience Association ]]				1	1	1	1						4
[[ British Pharmacological Society ]]									1	1	1	1	4
[[ British Psychological Society (BPS) ]]				1	1	1	1		1	1	1	1	8
[[ British Transplantation Society Council ]]			1										1
[[ Cadbury Plc [Cadbury Schweppes 2008] ]]				1	1	1	1	1					5
[[ Cancer Research UK ]]						1	1	1	1	1	1	1	7
[[ Cardiff University ]]											1	1	2
[[ Charlie Waller Memorial Trust ]]									1	1			2
[[ Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers ]]											1	1	2
[[ Chemical Industries Association (CIA) ]]			1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	10
[[ Chilled Food Association (CFA) ]]				1	1	1		1	1	1	1	1	8
[[ Chiron Vaccines ]]			1	1	1	1							4
[[ CNAP Artemisia Research Project ]]								1					1
[[ Co-operative Group (CWS) Limited ]]	1	1	1										3
[[ Coalition for Medical Progress (CMP) ]]						1							1
[[ Coca-Cola ]]									1	1	1	1	4
[[ Colgate-Palmolive ]]			1	1	1	1	1	1	1				7
[[ Confederation of the Food and Drink Industries of the European Union]] (CIAA)						1							1
[[ Conoco (UK) Ltd/Conoco-Phillips ]]	1	1	1	1									4
[[ Copus ]]			1	1	1	1							4
[[ Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils ]]			1	1	1	1							4
[[ CropLife International ]]												1	1
[[ Daily Express]]/ [[Northern and Shell Media Productions ]]					1	1	1	1					4
[[ Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) [DIUS 2009][DTI 2007] ]]					1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	8
[[ Department of Energy and Climate Change ]]									1	1			2
[[ Diamond Light Source ]]								1	1	1	1	1	5
[[ Dixons Group Plc ]]		1	1										2
[[ Dow Chemical Company ]]					1	1	1	1					4
[[ Drayson Foundation ]]						1					1		2
[[ Du Pont (UK) Ltd ]]	1	1	1										3
[[ Economic & Social Research Council ]]			1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	10
[[ EDF Energy ]]											1		1
[[ Eli Lilly & Company ]]			1	1									2
[[ Elsevier BV ]]			1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	10
[[ Emergent Biosolutions Inc ]]									1	1			2
[[ EnergySolutions ]]											1		1
[[ Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council ]]	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	12
[[ Engineering and Technology Board ]]					1	1	1	1					4
[[ Engineering UK ]]									1	1			2
[[ Environment Agency ]]						1	1	1					3
[[ EUK Consulting ]]												1	1
[[ European College of Neuropsychopharmacology ]]											1	1	2
[[ European Science Foundation ]]					1	1							2
[[ Euroscience Open Forum ]]					1	1							2
[[ ExxonMobil ]]			1	1		1	1	1	1				6
[[ Food and Drink Federation ]]											1	1	2
[[ Food Standards Agency (FSA) ]]									1	1	1	1	4
[[ Gatsby Charitable Foundation ]]								1	1	1	1	1	5
[[ GE Healthcare ]]									1	1	1		3
[[ GlaxoSmithKline ]]		1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	11
[[ Government Office for Science ]]							1	1					2
[[ Human Fertilisation & Embryology Authority ]]												1	1
[[ Human Tissue Authority ]]						1	1	1	1	1	1	1	7
[[ Imperial College London ]]						1	1	1	1	1	1	1	7
[[ Independent Climate Change Email Review ]]										1	1		2
[[ Institute of Food Science & Technology ]]					1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	8
[[ Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Techology ]]			1	1		1	1	1	1	1			7
[[ Institute of Mental Health ]]											1	1	2
[[ Institute of Physics ]]			1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	10
[[ Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine ]]											1	1	2
[[ Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) ]]			1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	10
[[ Institution of Civil Engineers ]]											1	1	2
[[ Institution of Electrical Engineers ]]				1	1	1							3
[[ Institution of Engineering and Technology (The IET) ]]							1	1	1	1	1	1	6
[[ Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) ]]						1	1	1	1	1	1	1	7
[[ International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) ]]								1	1	1	1	1	5
[[ JH Ritblat Charitable Trust ]]		1	1	1									3
[[ John Wiley & Sons Inc ]]								1	1	1	1	1	5
[[ King's College London ]]												1	1
[[ Kraft Foods Inc ]]			1	1	1	1	1	1					6
[[ L'Oreal UK ]]								1	1	1	1	1	5
[[ Lever Faberge ]]			1										1
[[ Life Technologies ]]										1	1	1	3
[[ Marmot Review ]]									1	1			2
[[ Medical Research Council (MRC) ]]			1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	10
[[ Mental Health Foundation ]]									1	1	1	1	4
[[ Mental Health Research Network ]]									1	1	1	1	4
[[ Mental Health Research Network Cymru ]]									1	1	1	1	4
[[ Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD) Limited ]]			1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	10
[[ Merlin Biosciences ]]	1	1	1										3
[[ Met Office ]]	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	12
[[ Mobile Manufacturers Forum ]]											1	1	2
[[ Mobile Operators Association (MOA) ]]					1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	8
[[ Monsanto UK Ltd ]]	0								1	1	1		3
[[ Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Association ]]	0						1	1	1	1	1		5
[[ National Grid ]]	0										1	1	2
[[ National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) ]]	0								1	1	1	1	4
[[ National Institute for Health Research ]]	0											1	1
[[ National Nuclear Laboratory ]]	0											1	1
[[ National Physical Laboratory (NPL) ]]	0		1	1	1	1	1	1					6
[[ Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) ]]	0		1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	10
[[ Nature/Nature magazine and the Macmillan Pubishing Group ]]	0			1	1	1	1	1			1	1	7
[[ New Scientist ]]	0								1	1	1		3
[[ News International Ltd ]]	0		1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1			8
[[ Nirex ]]	0					1							1
[[ Northern Foods [Listed as 'Dr Geoff Andrews'] ]]	1	1											2
[[ Novartis ]]	0								1	1	1	1	4
[[ Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) ]]	0						1	1	1	1	1	1	6
[[ Nuclear Industry Association ]]	0											1	1
[[ Oxitec ]]	0										1	1	2
[[ Parkinson's Disease Society ]]	0							1					1
[[ Particle Physics & Astronomy Research Council ]]	0		1	1	1	1							4
[[ Pfizer Limited ]]	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1					8
[[ Philips UK ]]	0							1	1				2
[[ Physiological Society ]]	0					1	1	1	1	1	1	1	7
[[ Posen Foundation ]]	1	1											2
[[ Powderject ]]	1	1											2
[[ PR Works ]]	0							1	1	1	1	1	5
[[ Proctor & Gamble ]]	0											1	1
[[ QinetiQ ]]	0			1									1
[[ Queen Mary, University of London ]]	0										1	1	2
[[ Rathbones [Listed at Micky Ingall in 2002-03] ]]	1	1											2
[[ Regenesys [Listed in 2003 as 'Regenesys Technologies/Innogy] ]]	1	1											2
[[ Research Councils UK (RCUK) ]]	0				1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	8
[[ Research Defence Society (RDS) ]]	0					1							1
[[ Rethink ]]	0								1	1			2
[[ Rolls-Royce ]]											1	1	2
[[ Rothamsted Research ]]			1	1	1	1							4
[[ Royal Academy of Engineering ]]					1	1		1	1	1	1	1	7
[[ Royal Astronomical Society ]]			1	1	1	1	1	1	1				7
[[ Royal College of Pathologists ]]						1	1	1	1	1	1		6
[[ Royal College of Physicians ]]	1	1											2
[[ Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution ]]								1	1	1	1		4
[[ Royal Pharmaceutical Society ]]										1	1	1	3
[[ Royal Society ]]					1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	8
[[ Royal Society of Medicine ]]						1	1	1					3
[[ SAGE ]]											1	1	2
[[ Sanofi Aventis ]]											1	1	2
[[ Sanofi Pasteur MSD ]]						1	1	1	1	1	1	1	7
[[ Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) ]]							1	1	1	1	1	1	6
[[ Science Council ]]	1	1											2
[[ Scottish Mental Health Research Network ]]									1	1	1	1	4
[[ Shell UK Limited [Shell Chemicals Limited 2007-2009] ]]				1	1	1	1	1	1	1			7
[[ Siemens Plc ]]						1	1	1	1	1	1		6
[[ Simon Best ]]			1										1
[[ Smith & Nephew Plc ]]	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1				1	9
[[ Society for Applied Microbiology (SfAM) ]]				1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	9
[[ Society for General Microbiology (SGM) ]]	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	12
[[ Society for Radiological Protection ]]											1	1	2
[[ Society of Biology ]]									1	1	1	1	4
[[ South London and Maudsley NHS Trust Charitable Funds/Maudsley Charity ]]										1	1	1	3
[[ Springer science+business media ]]								1	1	1	1	1	5
[[ Syngenta ]]			1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	10
[[ Tate & Lyle Plc ]]	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1			10
[[ Technology Strategy Board ]]									1	1	1	1	4
[[ Tesco Limited ]]	1	1	1	1									4
[[ Trinity Mirror Plc ]]	1	1	1	1	1	1	1						7
[[ UCB [Biopharma company] ]]					1		1	1	1	1			5
[[ UCL Institute of Health Equity ]]											1		1
[[ UK Cleaning Products Industry Association (UKPCI) ]]				1	1	1	1	1		1	1	1	8
[[ UK Energy Research Centre ]]												1	1
[[ Unilever UK ]]			1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	10
[[ University College London ]]											1	1	2
[[ University of Bristol ]]										1	1	1	3
[[ University of Cambridge ]]											1	1	2
[[ University of East Anglia ]]											1	1	2
[[ University of Oxford ]]												1	1
[[ University of Portsmouth ]]								1	1	1	1		4
[[ University of Teesside ]]						1		1					2
[[ Vodafone Group ]]					1	1	1	1					4
[[ Weizmann UK ^ ]]								1					1
[[ Wellcome Trust ]]		1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	11
[[ Wi-Fi Alliance ]]							1	1	1	1			4
[[ World Health Organisation (WHO) ]]								1					1
[[ Wyeth ]]			1	1	1	1	1	1					6
[[ ]]	27	31	53	57	64	85	68	83	81	84	100	98	831

March 2012

An update of November 2011 added the Mobile Manufacturers Forum to the list of SMC funders.

2010

As of 2010:

Funders include GM firms AstraZeneca, Monsanto UK, Novartis UK, and Syngenta; and nuclear body, the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA).

2007

As of Feb 2007:

• Abbott Laboratories
• AAAS and the magazine Science
• ARM Holdings Plc
• Associated Newspapers Ltd (ANL) including Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday, Evening Standard & Metro
• Association of Medical Research Charities (AMRC)
• Association for Science Education (ASE)
• AstraZeneca
• BASF Plc
• Biotechnology & Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
• Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• British Computer Society (BCS)
• British Embassy in Washington
• British Geological Survey (BGS)
• British Neuroscience Association (BNA)
• British Psychological Society (BPS)
• BP Plc
• Cadbury Schweppes
• Cancer Resarch UK
• Coalition for Medical Progress (CMP)
• Chemical Industries Association (CIA)
• Chilled Food Association (CFA)
• Chiron Vaccines
• Colgate-Palmolive Company
• Confederation of the Food and Drink Industries of the European Union (CIAA)
• Copus
• Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils (CCLRC)
• Daily Express
• Department for Trade and Industry (Office of Science and Innovation)
• The Dow Chemical Company
• The Drayson Foundation
• Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC)
• Elsevier
• Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
• Engineering and Technology Board (ETB)*
• Environment Agency
• European Science Foundation (ESF)
• Euroscience Open Forum (ESOF)
• ExxonMobil
• GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)
• Human Tissue Authority (HTA)
• Imperial College London
• Institute of Food Science & Technology (IFST)
• Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST)
• Institute of Physics
• Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE)
• Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE)
• Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE)
• Kraft Foods Inc
• Medical Research Council (MRC)
• Merck Sharp & Dohme Limited (MSD)
• The Met Office
• Mobile Operators Association (MOA)
• National Physical Laboratory (NPL)
• Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
• Nature Magazine and Macmillan Publishing Group
• News International Limited
• Nirex
• Particle Physics & Astronomy Research Council (PPARC)
• Pfizer Limited
• The Physiological Society
• Research Councils UK (RCUK)
• RDS
• Rothamsted Research
• Royal Academy of Engineering
• Royal Astronomical Society (RAS)
• The Royal College of Pathologists
• The Royal Society
• The Royal Society of Medicine
• Sanofi Pasteur MSD
• Shell Chemicals Limited
• Siemens Plc
• Smith & Nephew Plc
• Society for Applied Microbiology (SfAM)
• Society for General Microbiology (SGM)
• Syngenta
• Tate & Lyle Plc
• Trinity Mirror Plc
• UCB Group
• UK Cleaning Products Industry Association (UKCPI)
• Unilever
• University of Teesside
• Vodafone Group
• Wellcome Trust
• Wyeth

Previous funders (prior to Feb 2007):

• Allied Domecq
• Beeson Gregory
• BBC Worldwide
• British Energy Plc
• British Land Plc
• British Transplantation Society Council
• Conoco (UK) Ltd
• Conoco-Phillips
• Co-operative Group (CWS) Limited
• Dixons Group Plc
• The Drayson Foundation
• DuPont (UK) Ltd
• Eli Lilly & Company
• JH Ritblat Charitable Trust
• Lever Faberge
• Merlin Biosciences
• Northern Foods
• The Posen Foundation
• PowderJect
• QinetiQ
• Rathbones
• Regenesys
• Royal College of Physicians
• Science Council
• Simon Best
• Tesco Limited

March 2002

Sponsors of the SMC listed in a SMC Consultation Report of March 2002 are:

Beeson Gregory | BP-Amoco | British Energy | The British Land Company | Conoco | Co-op | Dupont | EPSRC | Merlin Biosciences | Pfizer | The Posen Foundation | PowderJect | Royal College of Physicians | The Science Council | Smith & Nephew | The Society for General Microbiology | Tate & Lyle | Tesco | Trinity Mirror PLC | Dr David Moore | Dr Geoff Andrews