Sponsors and supporters of the Imaging facilities
Set-up funding
The large investment that was required to set-up and establish the WMIC has been made possible by major contributions from the following funding partners. In addition to these key contributions we have also received a number of smaller but equally valuable private donations.
The Wolfson Foundation
The Wolfson Foundation is a charitable foundation set up in 1955. Grants are made to registered charities in the UK (or organisations with charitable status). The Foundation supports projects across the fields of science and technology, medical research and health, education and the arts, currently allocating some £35m per annum.
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) aims promote and support, by any means, high-quality basic, strategic and applied research and related postgraduate training relating to the understanding and exploitation of biological systems.
Cancer Research UK
Cancer Research UK is the world's leading independent organisation dedicated to cancer research. We support research into all aspects of cancer through the work of more than 3,000 scientists, doctors and nurses.
Manchester Cancer Research Centre
Manchester already boasts a superb cancer research community and the development of the Manchester Cancer Research Centre (MCRC) builds on that success. Cancer touches many of our lives, and some of the statistics about the incidence are not easy reading. Thanks, though, to earlier detection and better treatment more cancer patients are surviving.
The Medical Research Council
The UK Medical Research Council is a national organisation funded by the UK taxpayer. We promote research into all areas of medical and related science with the aims of improving the health and quality of life of the UK public and contributing to the wealth of the nation.
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
The UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council is the main government agency for funding research and training in engineering and the physical sciences.
The European Regional Development Fund
The European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) is provided by the European Community to provide investment in socially and economically challenged areas of Europe.
The North West Development Agency
The Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA) is responsible for the sustainable economic development and regeneration of England's Northwest and has 5 key priorities: Business, Skills & Education, People and Jobs, Infrastructure and Quality of Life.
The Wellcome Trust
The Wellcome Trust is a global charity dedicated to achieving extraordinary improvements in human and animal health. We support the brightest minds in biomedical research and the medical humanities. Our breadth of support includes public engagement, education and the application of research to improve health. Established in 1936 and with an endowment of around £13 billion, it is the UK's largest non-governmental source of funds for biomedical research.
Children with Leukaemia
Children with Leukaemia is the national charity dedicated to conquering childhood leukaemia through research into the causes of the disease, improving treatments for sufferers and the welfare of leukaemic children and their families.
Garfield Weston Foundation
Founded in 1958 the Garfield Weston Foundation is a UK based, general grant-giving charity endowed by the late W. Garfield Weston and members of his family. In the year to 5 April 2005, the Foundation supported 1,862 applications with grants totalling over £38.7m.
The Gabriel Sacher Charitable Trust has also made a valuable contribution to the set-up of the WMIC.