Gatsby Charitable Foundation

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Overview

David Sainsbury (now Lord Sainsbury of Turville) has given Gatsby more than £1 billion to distribute to charitable causes.

Gatsby works in areas that David Sainsbury and the Trustees are particularly passionate about and where they believe charitable funding can make a real difference. Gatsby is currently active in six tightly-focused areas:

Grants to Exceptional Researchers

The Gatsby Plant Science small grants programme funds exceptional research projects that are unlikely to attract support from research councils or other funding agencies.

Grants are normally up to a maximum of £35K and can be for pump priming, for bridging funds, for purchasing a key piece of equipment, or for developing community resources. Although small in cash value, these grants often launch major new research programmes and they are universally valued by the UK plant sciences research community.

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