The Society’s fundamental purpose, reflected in its founding Charters of the 1660s, is to recognise, promote, and support excellence in science and to encourage the development and use of science for the benefit of humanity.
The Society has played a part in some of the most fundamental, significant, and life-changing discoveries in scientific history and Royal Society scientists continue to make outstanding contributions to science in many research areas.Our priorities
- Promoting excellence in science
- Supporting international collaboration
- Demonstrating the importance of science to everyone
Read more about our priorities in our Strategic Plan for 2017-2022, or read the summary
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Thousands of Greater Manchester primary children investigate air quality in their local area through The University of…
14 Mar 2022 – Pupils from 25 primary schools across Greater Manchester will be working scientifically to investigate air quality in their local area next week, thanks to a partnership between The University of Manchester and the Royal Society, the UK’s national
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Parliamentarians and scientists swap places in 2022 Royal Society Pairing Scheme
14 Mar 2022 – The pairs are announced for the annual Royal Society Pairing Scheme
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By the time you have read me, 100,000 stars will have been born, and the winner of this year’s Royal Society Young…
8 Mar 2022 – The Royal Society has announced this year’s winner of the Young People’s Book Prize
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Royal Society response to Lords European Affairs Committee letters to Foreign Secretary, Liz Truss, and the EU
4 Mar 2022 – The Royal Society responds to Lords European Affairs Committee letters to Foreign Secretary, Liz Truss, and the EU
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Joint statement by the national academies of the G7 states on Russia’s attack on Ukraine
2 Mar 2022 – Joint Statement by the National Academies of the G7 States on Russia’s Attack on Ukraine
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Royal Society responds to Working Group II of IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report
28 Feb 2022 – Report shows stark reality of natural and human systems being pushed beyong their limits, says Professor Eric Wolff, chair of the Royal Society’s Climate Change Working Party
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Royal Society response to Levelling Up White Paper
2 Feb 2022 – President of the Royal Society, Adrian Smith, responds to the Levelling Up White Paper.
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Royal Society cautions against censorship of scientific misinformation online
19 Jan 2022 – The Online Information Environment report discusses how to limit the harm of scientific misinformation online
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Third International Summit on Human Genome Editing postponed to 2023
14 Jan 2022 – The Summit, which was due to take place 7-9 March 2022, will now take place on 6-8 March 2023 at the Francis Crick Institute in London, UK
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UK-wide Royal Society scheme offers £3,500 grants to museums to celebrate local science stories
6 Jan 2022 – The Places of Science grant opens on 10 January
Source: https://royalsociety.org/
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Robert Williams
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