Grant Categories
The Trustees’ objectives within their current fields of interest include:
- in Plant Science, to develop basic research in fundamental processes of plant growth and development and molecular plant pathology, to encourage young researchers in the field of plant science in the UK;
- in Neuroscience, to support world-class research in the area of neural circuits and behaviour, and in the area of theoretical neuroscience; and to support activities which enhance our understanding in this field;
- in Science and Engineering Education, to support improvement in educational opportunity in the UK for a workforce that can better apply technology for wealth creation by incubating innovative programmes in the field of science and engineering education and promoting excellence in teaching and learning;
- in Africa, to promote economic development and income generation through selected programmes supporting small scale manufacturing and enterprise and market sector development in selected African countries;
- the Institute for Government, an independent centre available to politicians and the civil service, focused on making government more effective;
- in Arts, to support the fabric and programming of institutions with which Gatsby’s founding family has long connections;
- in Mental Health, to improve the quality of life for people with long-term problems by improved delivery of services;
The Trustees occasionally support other charitable work which falls outside their main fields of interest.
Within these categories the Trustees make grants for projects which they judge to have particular merit. Many of their grants are for projects which the Foundation has helped to initiate. It is the policy of the Trustees rigorously to evaluate programmes and projects and carefully to assess when the evaluations should most usefully take place. Generally the Trustees do not make grants in response to unsolicited applications nor to individuals.