Medical science has the power to transform lives. Every new treatment, breakthrough in prevention and healthier future begins with research. But research only changes lives when the right people, expertise and evidence come together to turn discovery into action.
As a charity, your support helps us back outstanding researchers, strengthen the use of evidence in decision-making, and bring together experts from across science, healthcare, industry, government and communities to tackle the biggest health challenges of our time.
We work across the whole health research landscape rather than focusing on a single disease or condition. This means we can support medical science wherever it has the greatest potential to improve health — from cancer, dementia and diabetes to healthy ageing, pandemic preparedness, tackling health inequalities and addressing health misinformation.
Through our Fellowship of around 1,600 leading biomedical and health scientists, we help ensure the best evidence informs policy, practice and innovation. Together, we connect expertise, champion excellence in research, and help translate scientific advances into real-world benefits for people across the UK and beyond.
Every gift helps us remain independent, ambitious and focused on one goal: improving health for everyone.
Impact report 2025–26
Our annual Impact Report highlights the outcome of your generous support in helping us to strengthen health research, shape evidence-informed policy and improve health outcomes across the UK and beyond.
Ways to support us
Make a significant gift to back researchers, inform policy and accelerate the impact of medical science.
Your donations provide long-term investment in researchers, ideas and collaborations that can improve health.
Make a one-off or regular donation
By leaving a gift in your will, you can help future generations benefit from advances in medical science and better health.
Remember the Academy in your will
A gift in memory is a lasting tribute that honours a loved one while helping medical science make a difference for people and communities across the UK and beyond.
Partner with us
We work with organisations and individuals who want to contribute their time, insight, networks and influence as partners, advocates and ambassadors for better health.
By working with us, partners can help bring expertise, evidence and influence together around shared health challenges.
Together, we can help turn today’s discoveries into lasting improvements in health.
Contact us
If you have any questions about donating to the Academy, please contact our fundraising team.
Tel: +44 (0)20 3141 3259
If you have included a gift in your will to the Academy, or intend to do so, we'd love the opportunity to say thank you.