Science Media Centre - Funding

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



Funding of the Science Media Centre[1]
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 width="5%">Total


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):

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

  1. Data from Internet Archive holdings of the Science Media Centre website, 2002-2013
  2. SMC About Us: Funding, November 2011, retrieved from the Internet Archive of 11 December 2011 on 8 August 2013
  3. SMC, 2010. Annual Review. Acc 16 May 2011.
  4. Current Funders/Previous Funders], SMC website, version placed in web archive 13 Jan 2008, accessed in web archive 28 Sept 2009
  5. Science Media Centre Consultation Report, March 2002, p. 25