Membership and funding

Legal and Financial Information

Understanding Animal Research is a not-for-profit company supported by our members (listed below). We are supervised by a board and our annual general meeting. Accounts are presented annually at the AGM. Copies of our accounts and minutes of the AGM are available from our resources section. You can also find a copy of our constitution there.

How to join Understanding Animal Research

Currently, we have over 160 supporters drawn from various sectors including academic, pharmaceutical, charities, research funders, and professional and learned societies. If you represent an organisation that wishes to join Understanding Animal Research please email us for further information. Meanwhile, you can follow our work and receive regular updates by signing up for our monthly e-newsletter.

We do have members from four continents, but we do not have members that only operate in mainland Europe, as they are supported by our sister organisation the European Animal Research Association. Please contact EARA if you are interested in joining them.

Our Supporters

  • AAALAC International 
  • Aberystwyth University
  • Academy of Medical Royal Colleges 
  • Academy of Medical Sciences (AMS)
  • Agenda
  • Alzheimer’s Research UK
  • Anatomical Society
  • Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA)
  • Association of Medical Research Charities (AMRC)
  • Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI)
  • Aston University
  • AstraZeneca
  • Avidity Science
  • Babraham Institute 
  • BBSRC
  • Biochemical Society
  • Bioculture 
  • BioIndustry Association 
  • Biomedical Research Education Trust (BRET)
  • Blood Cancer UK
  • British Association for Psychopharmacology (BAP)
  • British Heart Foundation (BHF)
  • British Horseracing Authority
  • British Neuroscience Association (BNA)
  • British Pharmacological Society (BPS)
  • British Society for Immunology (BSI)
  • British Toxicology Society (BTS)
  • Brunel University
  • Cancer Research UK (CRUK)
  • Cardiff University 
  • Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science (Cefas)
  • Charles River Laboratories 
  • Children with Cancer UK
  • Compass Pathways
  • Cube Clean Tech (CCTech)
  • Cystic Fibrosis Trust
  • Datesand 
  • Discovery Park
  • Durham University
  • Envigo
  • EPSRC
  • Fera
  • The Francis Crick Institute 
  • Genetic Alliance UK 
  • GSK
  • Harper Adams University
  • Hoeford Research
  • Horserace Betting Levy Board 
  • Imperial College London
  • Institute of Animal Technology (IAT)
  • The Institute for Cancer Research (ICR)
  • IPS Product Supplies 
  • Janvier Labs
  • Kidscan Children's Cancer Research
  • Kings College London
  • Labcorp
  • Laboratory Animal Breeders Association (LABA)
  • Laboratory Animal Science Association (LASA)
  • Laboratory Animals Veterinary Association (LAVA)
  • Lancaster University
  • LBS Biotechnology
  • Leukaemia UK
  • London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
  • Marshall BioResources 
  • Medical Research Council (MRC)
  • Medical Schools Council
  • Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)
  • Microbiology Society
  • Ministry for Primary Industries
  • MMM
  • Moredun Research Institute
  • Motor Neurone Disease Association
  • MS Society
  • MSD
  • National Centre for the 3Rs (NC3Rs)
  • National Institute for Biological Standards & Control (NIBSC)
  • Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
  • Newcastle University 
  • Nottingham Trent University 
  • Nutrition Society
  • Pancreatic Cancer UK
  • Parkinson's UK 
  • Pfizer
  • The Physiological Society 
  • The Pirbright Institute 
  • Plymouth University
  • Porton Biopharma
  • Prospect 
  • PTEN Research 
  • Queen Mary University of London
  • Queen’s University Belfast 
  • Robert Gordon University 
  • Rothamsted Research
  • Royal College of Physicians 
  • Royal College of Surgeons 
  • Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland 
  • The Royal Society
  • Royal Society of Biology (RSB)
  • Royal Veterinary College (RVC)
  • Russell Group 
  • Sanofi
  • Scanbur
  • Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service
  • Sequani 
  • Society for Experimental Biology (SEB)
  • St George's, University of London 
  • Swansea University
  • Sychem
  • Tecniplast 
  • UCB Pharma 
  • UCL
  • UK Dementia Research Institute (UKDRI)
  • UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)
  • UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)
  • Unite the Union 
  • Universities UK
  • University of Aberdeen
  • University of Bath 
  • University of Birmingham 
  • University of Bradford
  • University of Brighton
  • University of Bristol 
  • University of Cambridge 
  • University of Central Lancashire
  • University of Dundee
  • University of East Anglia
  • University of Edinburgh 
  • University of Exeter 
  • University of Glasgow 
  • University of Hertfordshire 
  • University of Leeds 
  • University of Leicester 
  • University of Liverpool 
  • University of Manchester 
  • University of Nottingham 
  • University of Oxford 
  • University of Portsmouth 
  • University of Reading 
  • University of Sheffield 
  • University of Southampton 
  • University of St Andrews
  • University of Stirling 
  • University of Strathclyde 
  • University of Surrey 
  • University of Sussex 
  • University of Ulster
  • University of York
  • Versus Arthritis 
  • Veterinary Schools Council
  • Vet Tech Solutions
  • Wellcome
  • William Harvey Research Foundation
  • Wings for Life
  • Worldwide Cancer Research

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