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Who funds our research?

Our research is funded by a plethora of organisations and includes support for PhD studentships through to funding of large multi-partner international research programmes. If you are interested in supporting some of the exciting and innovative research in the Department then please contact Dr Alistair Boxall, Chair of the Departmental Research Committee. 

Recent funders include

Government

European Commission

Defra

DfID

Environment Agency

Fera

Forestry Commission

Natural England

Yorkshire Forward

Technology Strategy Board

Research Councils

NERC

ESRC

BBSRC

RELU Programme

ESPA

Environment and Human Health Programme

Charities

BIG Lottery Fund

Gates Foundation

Esmee Fairburn

Leverhulme Trust

Industry

AstraZeneca

Cefic Long Range Research Initiative

Flamingo Land

GlaxoSmithKline

SSL

Syngenta

Unilever