About us

Roslin Foundation was established in 2008 after the merger of the old Roslin Institute (established in 1995 as a wholly owned Institute of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council ) with the University of Edinburgh. The research activities and related assets were transferred to the University and the remaining assets were retained in the newly named Roslin Foundation. Roslin Institute were the creators of Dolly the Sheep, the world’s first mammal cloned from an adult somatic cell, and to this day are regarded as a world leader in the field of animal biosciences.

Our Aims today are the same as they were when the Institute was created – to support Research and Business Development in the field of biosciences as it relates to agriculture and biomedicine.

We will support and nurture advances in the field wherever possible through our strategic objectives.

WE WANT TO

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INSPIRE

Inspire promising young
students to study in the field

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ENGAGE

Engage leading scientists in the field to come to us with innovative ideas and provide a mechanism for support

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PROMOTE

Use our respected name to
promote funded projects on
a worldwide level.

TO DATE, THE FOUNDATION HAS SUPPORTED OVER 40 PROJECTS, TOTALLING OVER £12M IN FUNDING.