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Philanthropic boost for materials science
A new academic Chair is to be created in the Department of Materials, thanks to a major donation from the Armourers and Brasiers’ Company.
Philanthropic boost for materials science
A new academic Chair is to be created in the Department of Materials, thanks to a major donation from the Armourers and Brasiers’ Company.
New DeepMind scholarships create AI study opportunities for postgraduates
New scholarships offer students from underrepresented backgrounds the chance of postgraduate study in AI and machine learning.
Millions in philanthropic gifts to accelerate coronavirus vaccine
More than £4 million of donations to Imperial's COVID-19 Response Fund is providing crucial support in the race for a vaccine against coronavirus.
Seven-figure support kickstarts COVID-19 Response Fund
More than £600,000 of new gifts and £1 million from the donor-backed President’s Excellence Fund are allowing Imperial to speed up COVID-19 research.
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A record-breaking year of giving
Donations during 2018–19 totalled an unprecedented £65.5M, Imperial reveals in its Annual Fundraising Report.
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Full tuition scholarship fund for medical students created in wife's memory
The first full tuition philanthropic scholarship for the Faculty of Medicine will support the next generation of medical students.
New scholarship to accelerate participation of black students in engineering
Imperial has established a groundbreaking scholarship for black students thanks to a generous donation from three Imperial alumni.
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Major donation to accelerate neurodegenerative disease research at Imperial
The £1.63M gift from Lily Safra and the Edmond J. Safra Foundation will support fellowships for rising stars in Parkinson's Disease research
Donation supports frontier research and scholarships in Chemical Engineering
A generous gift from Mark Richardson (Chemical Engineering 1976, Management Science 1977) will advance priority research and support students in need.
Dyson School celebrates support from Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851
Commissioners from the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 were welcomed to Campus to celebrate their support of Design Engineering.