Membership and funding
What we do
Understanding Animal Research provides information and educational materials based on research and an understanding of the historical and scientific facts.
Understanding Animal Research seeks to engage with and inform many sectors to bring about its vision. Key stakeholders include members of the public, the media, policy makers, schools and the scientific research community.
Legal and Financial Information
Our latest annual report and our current constitution are available to download from the links at the bottom of this page.
How to join Understanding Animal Research
Our members are drawn from various sectors including academic, pharmaceutical, charities, research funders, professional and learned societies. Individuals can also become supporters of UAR.
Organisations who wish to join Understanding Animal Research should email for further information.
You can follow our work and receive regular updates by signing up to our monthly e-newsletter.
Help UAR support researchers and stand up for science
As a supporter you can help to fund our activities and become part of a wider community of citizens, scientists, technicians and patients who see the current need for research on animals. If you want to take an active role in showing why we use animals in research, then being a supporter is for you. Please see how here.
Funding
Understanding Animal Research is funded by its members and through project grants. Our latest accounts can be seen here.
Our members
AAALAC International
Academy of Medical Royal Colleges
Academy of Medical Sciences
Agenda Resource Management
Alderley Park
Anatomical Society
Association of Medical Research Charities
Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry
AstraZeneca
Australian and New Zealand Council for the Care of Animals in Research and Teaching
Babraham Institute
Bioculture
BioIndustry Association
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
British Association for Psychopharmacology
British Heart Foundation
British Pharmacological Society
British Society for Cell Biology
British Society for Immunology
British Toxicology Society
Brunel University
Cancer Research UK
Cardiff University
CC Tech
Charles River Laboratories
Covance Laboratories
Datesand
Eisai Europe
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
Envigo
Francis Crick Institute
Genetic Alliance UK
Glass Eels
GlaxoSmithKline
Harper Adams University
Horserace Betting Levy Board
Imperial College London
Institute of Animal Technology
Institute for Cancer Research
IPS Product Supplies
Kings College London
Laboratory Animal Science Association
Laboratory Animal Veterinary Association
Marshall BioResources
Medical Research Council
Ministry for Primary Industries
MS Society
National Institute for Biological Standards & Control
Natural Environment Research Council
Newcastle University
Nutrition Society
Open University
Parkinsons UK
Pfizer
Physiological Society
Pirbright Institute
Prospect
Public Health England
Queen’s University Belfast
Robert Gordon University
Royal College of Physicians
Royal College of Surgeons
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Royal Society of Biology
Russell Group
Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service
S3 Science
Sanger Institute
Sequani
Society for Endocrinology
St George's, University of London
Swansea University
Tecniplast
UCB Pharma
Unite the Union
University College London
University of Bath
University of Birmingham
University of Bristol
University of Cambridge
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 Stirling
University of Strathclyde
University of Surrey
University of Sussex
Venomtech
Versus Arthritis
Wellcome Trust
Wickham Laboratories
William Harvey Research Foundation
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