Royal Society launches 350th anniversary fundraising campaign
Howard Lake | 7 July 2007 | News
The Royal Society has launched a £100 million fundraising campaign as it approaches its 350th anniversary in 2010.
The £100 million campaign is designed to provide long-term funding for projects such as strengthening science and mathematics education, the expansion of scientific research fellowships in industry/academic exchanges, the development of a Royal Society Science Policy Centre focussing on five critical areas including climate change, and international security, increasing science capacity in sub-Saharan Africa, and a major exhibition in 2010 to highlight the role of science in modern life.
The 350th Anniversary Campaign Board consists of Lord Sainsbury of Turville (Chair), Sir Tom McKillop, Sir David Attenborough, Adrian Beecroft, Bill Bryson, Hermann Hauser, Dr Ralph Kohn, Professor Noreen Murray, Sir Peter Ogden, Lord Rees of Ludlow, Sir David Wallace and Sir Peter Williams.
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Lord Sainsbury said: “Our five ambitious goals for the campaign are focused on strengthening science for the coming century. They build on the Society’s core strength of supporting excellence and establish a new agenda for it in the areas of science education, innovation and public engagement.”
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