Plant Science
"To develop basic research in fundamental processes of plant growth and development and molecular plant pathology, to encourage young researchers in this field in the UK and to support improved introduction to the world of plants within post 16 science teaching."
Summary of Plant Science programmes
List of grants paid during 2006 - 2007
Links to beneficiaries
Summary of Plant Science programmes
The Sainsbury Laboratory – Norwich, located at the John Innes Centre on the Norwich Research Park, has a scientific focus on plant molecular pathology and disease resistance.
The Sainsbury Laboratory – Cambridge, is the Foundation’s newest and largest ever programme commitment in the area of plant science. The Foundation has reached agreement with the University of Cambridge to build a new plant science laboratory located in the Botanic Gardens, Cambridge. The building will represent the latest thinking in effective laboratory design, and house over 120 scientists whose focus will be plant growth and development.
Trustees continue their support for the Plant Science Network and Science and Plants for Schools (SAPS). Looking ahead, Trustees have decided to change the emphasis of their SAPS programme towards support for post 16 plant science education, and to focus on securing and strengthening the plant science content of the biological curriculum.
The Foundation is assisted in its plant science research programmes by Dr. Roger Freedman and in its education programmes by a Scientific Advisory Panel comprising:
- Prof John Gray
- Prof Jane Langdale
- Prof Liam Dolan
List of grants paid during 2006 - 2007
| 2006-2007 | |
| Total | £4,162,825 |
| Total payments made in 2006 - 2007 (from new and previous grants) | |
| Gatsby Plant Science Ad Hoc | £62,400 |
| Towards the Ad Hoc Budget. | |
| Gatsby Undergraduate Summer School | £168,300 |
| To support the running of an undergraduate plant science summer school. | |
| Plant Science Student Network | £53,776 |
| Towards the Student Training and Network Meetings. | |
| Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew | £71,123 |
| Towards the SAPS/Kew joint education research and development officer. | |
| Sainsbury Laboratory | £2,714,023 |
| To cover the Laboratory’s core activities. | |
| Sainsbury Plant Science PhD Studentships | £182,752 |
| Towards supporting the Sainsbury Plant Science PhD Studentships over five years. | |
| Science & Plants for Schools (SAPS) | £508,798 |
| Towards core costs. | |
| Two Blades Foundation | £51,763 |
| Towards project costs. | |
| University of Cambridge | £187,570 |
| Towards development costs of a new plant science laboratory. | |
| The beneficiaries below received grant payments totalling less than £50,000 | |
| Gatsby Plant Science Interdisciplinary Meetings | £15,000 |
| Gatsby Technical Education Projects (GTEP) | £11,266 |
| Max Planck-Institut für Züchtunsforschung | £14,000 |
| Plant Science Teacher Support Facility | £49,900 |
| Sainsbury Undergraduate Studentships | £22,700 |
| Student Attendance Conferences | £15,500 |
| University of California | £2,684 |
| University of East Anglia | £31,270 |
