How we are funded

The Academy is Registered Charity No. 1185329. Explore ways to support our work as an individual or organisation on our donate page. 

The Academy is funded from a range of sources, including: grants from the Department of Health, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, and the Wellcome Trust; subscriptions from our Fellowship; and voluntary donations from various sources including companies, charitable trusts and individuals.

We also recieve financial support through our venue, 41 Portland Place, where profits go back towards supporting the Academy. Find out more about hiring our building for meetings and events.

Our Helix donors are a special community of individuals who support the Academy’s core funding with monthly or annual gifts, helping us maintain our independent voice. 

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"The Academy is different. It brings together people from diverse backgrounds, continues to write independent reports on topics of immense importance, and has lobbied to maintain the considerable ties in science that have been developed across the EU. Most of the Academy’s funding is given for specific projects, which is why Helix donations are so important: because they give the Academy complete freedom in what it does. I am delighted to be part of this group that supports the vital work of the Academy." – Sir Charles George FMedSci 

“I donate because I believe in the importance of the Academy’s work in supporting and encouraging the considerable talent of young people who are ambitious in their aims for advancement of medicine and medical sciences.” – Professor Angela Vincent FRS FMedSci 

“I am extremely proud to be a Helix donor and to support the Academy.  As a previous Member of Council and several of the Academy’s Committees I have seen close-up the support given to early career researchers, both clinical and non-clinical, and the impact this has” – Professor Edwin Chilvers FMedSci 

We are proud to celebrate our community of Helix donors:

The Academy is fortunate to have worked with a number of individuals and foundations who have chosen to support our work through major philanthropic gifts. 

Dennis and Mireille Gillings Foundation

In 2018 the Academy of Medical Sciences received a pledge of £600,000 from the Dennis and Mireille Gillings Foundation towards a pilot programme to develop two cohorts of innovative new leaders in medical science. The FLIER programme has now supported 35 individuals in two pilot cohorts - discover the programme here.

Dr Mireille Gillings, neuroscientist, business entrepreneur and founder of HUYA Bioscience International said: “Future leaders in the biomedical and health sector will need to be brilliant scientists that can manage money and medicine. I am confident that the FLIER programme will give researchers expertise in what I call the 3M’s - management, money and medicine. Skills across the 3M’s will help get new drugs to patients faster. We are delighted to contribute to this new programme that will help fill this gap.”

Yusuf and Farida Hamied Foundation

The Hamied Foundation UK-India Antimicrobial Resistance Visiting Professorship Scheme supports the travel and subsistence costs of UK researchers visiting India to develop long-term collaborations on the highly important topic of antimicrobial research. The grant also includes funding for two scientific meetings on antimicrobial resistance, one in the UK and one in India.

This innovative new scheme was announced in Autumn 2017 as part of a wider initiative aiming to tackle antimicrobial resistance, championed by Professor Dame Sally Davies DBE FRS FMedSci, Chief Medical Officer for England and generously supported by the Yusuf and Farida Hamied Foundation.

The Daniel Turnberg Memorial Fund established by Lord and Lady Turnberg

The Daniel Turnberg Memorial Fund was set up by Lord and Lady Turnberg in memory of their late son Daniel Turnberg, a doctor and researcher with a keen interest in fostering links between the UK, Israel and the Middle East.

The Fund supports both short-term exchange visits between the UK and the Middle East and wider networking conferences. These enable early- and mid-career scientists in the UK and the Middle East to experience an alternative research environment, learn new techniques and develop ideas for future collaborations.

The Academy gratefully acknowledges the generosity of all the organisations who provide valuable support for our work, through core donations, programme or project support.

We thank all the following organisations for contributing to the Academy in the past year:

AD Cave Solutions
Arthritis Research UK/Versus Arthritis
Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry
Astex
AstraZeneca
Birmingham Health Partners
Birmingham Medical School
Board of Academic Medicine (Scotland)
Bristol Medical School
Bristol Myers Squibb
British Heart Foundation
British Pharmacological Society
British Thoracic Society
Dennis and Mireille Gillings Foundation
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Department of Health and Social Care
Diabetes UK
Dunhill Medical Trust
Foulkes Foundation
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)
IQVIA
Janssen
King's Health Partners
Laurie Landeau Foundation
Leeds Academic Health Partnership
LifeArc
Life Sciences Hub Wales 
Lord Leonard and Lady Estelle Wolfson Foundation
MedCity
Medical Research Council
Merck Sharp and Dohme
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)
National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)
National Institute for Social Care and Health Research (Wales)
NHS Education for Scotland
Northern Health Science Alliance 
Novartis
OptumLabs
Patient Information Forum
Prostate Cancer UK
Public Health England
Queen’s University Belfast
Royal Society of Chemistry
The Daniel Turnberg Memorial Fund
The Health Foundation
The Jean Shanks Foundation
The Lancet
The Physiological Society
The Royal College of Physicians
UCB
University College London
University of Aberdeen
University of Dundee
University of Edinburgh
University of Glasgow, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences
University of Newcastle
University of Oxford
University of Southampton
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Wellcome Trust
Welton Foundation
Wolfson Family Charitable Trust
Wolfson Foundation
Yusuf and Farida Hamied Foundation