THE FOUNDATIONS OF CHANGE

We would like to thank all the generous trusts and foundations that have supported The Difference Campaign. While we can’t mention them all, here are some highlights.

Artistic Endeavours

Founded by David Sainsbury, son of Sir Robert and Lady Lisa Sainsbury, Gatsby helped fund the construction of the Sainsbury Centre in 1978. The charitable trust continues to support the Sainsbury Centre’s pioneering arts and culture work in the UK.

Biomedical Research

Wellcome, the global charitable foundation, has funded many of UEA’s science schools and the Norwich School of Medicine. Recently, Wellcome also supported 12 Biomedical Vacation Research Studentships, providing bursaries for interdisciplinary study linked to biosciences and biomedical research.

Climate Leaders

A new cohort of 21st-century thought leaders is being created, thanks to the Leverhulme Trust. The Critical Decade for Climate Change Leverhulme Doctoral Scholars programme will train researchers to look at real-world data to help build the foundations for a healthy planet and fair society for the future.

Brain Waves

Significant contributions to our understanding of the development of cognition have been made thanks to the generosity of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the secondlargest charitable foundation in the world. The foundation’s grant funds new assessment tools for large-scale, community-based interventions targeting working memory in infancy.

The Life Sciences

The John Innes Foundation has supported the development of Norwich Research Park, the powerhouse of expertise in the life sciences. The foundation helped fund the Sainsbury Laboratory, which studies molecular plant-microbe interactions to tackle crop losses caused by existing and emerging plant diseases. And they supported the Norwich Institute for Sustainable Development, which fosters sustainable development through transdisciplinary research and innovation.

Food And Business

Finding effective solutions for those most in need is the aim of the Garfield Weston Foundation, which helped fund the Quadram Institute on Norwich Research Park. The institute studies gut health, microbiology and food to address global challenges. Garfield Weston also contributed to the multi-awardwinning Enterprise Centre, the home of business support at UEA.

Undergraduate Scholarships

The Panaspis Trust supports the Maria Bourboulis Scholarship in memory of UEA alumna Maria Bourboulis. To date, the scholarship has subsidised five Greek undergraduates who would otherwise have been unable to pursue university study.

People And Planet

The Wolfson Foundation supported the UEA Wellcome-Wolfson Brain Imaging Centre, an interdisciplinary centre for excellence in neuroimaging, and UEA’s Climatic Research Unit, a recognised world leader in the study of natural and anthropogenic climate change. The Bob Champion Education and Research Building, funded with the Bob Champion Cancer Trust, pursues medical discoveries.