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This page gathers and presents a compilation of data on the funding of the Science Media Centre.
March 2012
An update of November 2011 added the Mobile Manufacturers Forum to the list of SMC funders.[2]
2010
As of 2010:
Funders include GM firms AstraZeneca, Monsanto UK, Novartis UK, and Syngenta; and nuclear body, the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA).[3]
2007
As of Feb 2007:[4]
- 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:[5]
- 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
Notes
- ↑ Data from Internet Archive holdings of the Science Media Centre website, 2002-2013
- ↑ SMC About Us: Funding, November 2011, retrieved from the Internet Archive of 11 December 2011 on 8 August 2013
- ↑ SMC, 2010. Annual Review. Acc 16 May 2011.
- ↑ Current Funders/Previous Funders], SMC website, version placed in web archive 13 Jan 2008, accessed in web archive 28 Sept 2009
- ↑ Science Media Centre Consultation Report, March 2002, p. 25