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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.
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Our vital group of individual supporters, the Helix Group, donate £250 or more each year towards our core funding. Join today.
“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 group donations are so important, because they give the Academy complete freedom in what it does. I am delighted to be a member of this group that supports the vital work of the Academy.” ~ Sir Charles George FMedSci
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“I am a member of the Helix Group and have donated to the Academy’s recent appeal to try and meet the shortfall in income during the pandemic. I feel it is important to support the Academy because of the important work they do in supporting and advocating for the medical sciences through workshops, report writing, lobbying and supporting our early career researchers.” ~ Professor Janet Lord FMedSci
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“I am extremely proud to be a member of the Helix Group 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
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We are proud to celebrate and share the names of the members of our Helix Group:
Professor David Adams FMedSci Professor Dario Alessi FRS FRSE FMedSci Professor H.Ross Anderson FMedSci Professor Desmond Archer OBE FMedSci Professor Michael Arthur FMedSci Professor Jonathan Ashmore FRS FMedSci Professor Denis Azzopardi FMedSci Professor David Barlow FRSE FMedSci Professor Peter Barnes FRS FMedSci Professor Ann Barrett OBE FMedSci Professor George Bentley FMedSci Professor Sheila Bird OBE FRSE FMedSci Professor Jenefer Blackwell FMedSci Sir Tom Blundell FRS FMedSci Sir Walter Bodmer FRS HonFRSE FMedSci Professor Frances Brodsky FMedSci Professor Ed Bullmore FMedSci Professor David Burn FMedSci Professor Robin Carrell FRS FMedSci Sir David Carter FRSE FMedSci Professor Daniel Catovsky FMedSci Sir Graeme Catto FRSE FMedSci Professor K K Cheng FMedSci Professor Edwin Chilvers FMedSci Dr Charles Clarke Professor Tim Cole FMedSci Professor Sir Rory Collins FRS FMedSci Professor Cyrus Cooper OBE FMedSci Professor Philip Cowen FMedSci Professor Hilary Critchley FRSE FMedSci Professor Sir Alfred Cuschieri FRSE FMedSci Professor Christopher Day FMedSci Professor David Denning FMedSci Sir Colin Dollery FMedSci Professor Anna Dominiczak DBE OBE FRSE FMedSci Professor Dian Donnai CBE FMedSci Professor Charles Easmon CBE FMedSci Sir Christopher Edwards FRSE FMedSci Professor David Edwards FMedSci Professor Tim Eisen FMedSci Professor Oleg Eremin FMedSci Professor Timothy Evans FMedSci Dr Christopher Exeter Professor Dame Lesley Fallowfield FMedSci Dr Jeremy Farrar OBE FRS FMedSci Sir Marc Feldmann FRS FMedSci Professor Pierre Foëx FMedSci Professor Peter Friedmann FMedSci Sir Charles George FMedSci Professor Peter Ghazal FMedSci Professor Edward Gordon-Smith FMedSci Sir Brian Greenwood CBE FRS FMedSci Sir Andrew Haines FMedSci Professor John Harrington CBE FMedSci Professor Simon Hay FMedSci Professor Raymond Hill FMedSci Professor Humphrey Hodgson FMedSci Professor Stephen Holgate CBE FMedSci Professor Peter Hutchinson FMedSci Professor Eileen Ingham FMedSci Sir Miles Irving FMedSci Professor Bent Jakobsen FMedSci Dr Harren Jhoti FRS FMedSci Professor Martin Johnson FRS FMedSci Emeritus Professor Newell Johnson CMG FMedSci Dame Anne Johnson DBE FMedSci Professor Trevor Jones CBE FMedSci Professor Kamlesh Khunti FMedSci Professor Dimitri Kullmann FRS FMedSci Professor John Langdon FMedSci Professor Ronald Laskey CBE FRS FMedSci FLSW
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Professor Sir Robert Lechler PMedSci Professor Tak Lee CBE FMedSci Dr Melanie Lee CBE FMedSci Dr Michael Lenardo OBE FMedSci Professor Janet Lord FMedSci Professor Stephen MacMahon FMedSci Professor Michael Malim FRS FMedSci Professor Christopher Mason FMedSci Professor Duncan Maskell FMedSci Professor Alan McGregor FMedSci Sir Tom McKillop FRS FRSE FMedSci Professor Andrew Morris FRSE FMedSci Dr Helen Munn Professor Gillian Murphy FMedSci Professor James Naismith FRS FRSE FMedSci Professor David Neal CBE FMedSci Professor Jane Norman FMedSci Professor Sir Stephen O'Rahilly FRS FMedSci Professor Michael Orme FMedSci Dr John Owen FRS FMedSci Professor Peter Parham FRS FMedSci Professor Marcus Pembrey FMedSci Sir Mark Pepys FRS FMedSci Sir Denis Pereira Gray OBE FMedSci Professor John Pickard FMedSci Professor Baron Piot KCMG FMedSci Professor Neil Poulter FMedSci Professor Jonathan Rhodes FMedSci Professor Martin Rossor FMedSci Professor Steven Sacks FMedSci Professor Sir Nilesh Samani FMedSci Professor Philippa Saunders FMedSci Professor Jonathan Shepherd CBE FMedSci FLSW Professor Elizabeth Simpson OBE FRS FMedSci Professor Jonathan Slack FMedSci Sir James Smith FRS FMedSci Professor Peter Stanfield FMedSci Professor Paul Stewart FMedSci Professor Simon Tavaré FRS FMedSci Professor Paul-Peter Tak FMedSci Professor Anne Tattersfield OBE FMedSci Professor Christoph Thiemermann FMedSci Professor Stephen Tomlinson CBE FMedSci Professor Sir John Tooke FMedSci Professor Rhian Touyz FMedSci Professor Patrick Vallance FMedSci Professor Veronica van Heyningen CBE FRS FRSE FMedSci Professor Angela Vincent FRS FMedSci Sir Mark Walport FRS FMedSci Professor Frank Walsh FRSE FMedSci Professor Jadwiga Wedzicha FMedSci Professor Anthony Weetman FMedSci Professor Robin Weiss FRS FMedSci Professor Peter Weissberg CBE FMedSci Dr Timothy Wells FMedSci Dr Elspeth Whitby Professor James Whitworth FMedSci Professor Moira Whyte OBE FMedSci Professor Andrew Wilkie FRS FMedSci Dr John Williams Dr Roger Williams FRS FMedSci Professor Roger Williams CBE FMedSci Professor Lord Robert Winston HonFREng FMedSci Professor Roland Wolf OBE FRSE FMedSci Sir Kent Woods FMedSci Dr Tadataka Yamada KBE FMedSci
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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 Business Energy and Industrial Strategy
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