Supporting a PhD student at King’s College London over 3 years starting in Autumn 2022

Alan Davidson Foundation is delighted to support a PhD student at King’s College London over 3 years starting in Autumn 2022. Part of Dr Jemeen Sreedharan’s team, Leon will focus his research on TDP-43, a complex DNA and RNA binding protein central to the development of MND. The Foundation has funded neuroscience research at the […]
£210,000 awarded to the University of Oxford for the Making MND Preventable research project

In November 2021 the Foundation awarded a gift of £210,000 (£70,000 per year for three years) to the University of Oxford for the Making MND Preventable research project. The funds will allow them to recruit a skilled Project Manager and cover the initial start-up costs needed to establish the national UK cohort of ‘at risk’ […]
£5,000 of funds allocated to help Scottish Huntington’s Association run their important work

In November 2021, the Alan Davidson Foundation awarded £5,000 of unrestricted funds to help Scottish Huntington’s Association run their important work in Scotland. Scottish Huntington’s Association (SHA) was established over 30 years ago by families and has grown into an extensive Scotland-wide network of specialist clinical services, financial wellbeing support and youth services. Huntington’s disease […]
The Foundation awards £10,000 in recognition of St John’s Hospice in offering palliative care

In recognition of the important work St John’s Hospice is offering in palliative care, the Foundation is delighted to award £10,000 of unrestricted funds, as a yearly commitment. In recognition of the important work St John’s Hospice is offering in palliative care, the Foundation is delighted to award £10,000 of unrestricted funds, as a yearly […]
Alan’s final wishes were to make one-off donations to these causes

One of Alan’s final wishes was to donate to The Long Now Foundation, Wikimedia and Electronic Frontier Foundation to support the initiatives that he greatly admired and supported. The Long Now Foundation One of Alan’s final wishes was to donate £10,000 to the Long Now Foundation to support their initiatives especially around the library project […]
Alan Davidson Foundation award a £5,000 grant to the Hospital of Neuro-disability

Alan Davidson Foundation awarded a £5,000 grant to the Hospital of Neuro-disability towards a research project into the care and treatment of people who require long term-care. In September 2021 the Foundation awarded a £5,000 grant to the Hospital of Neuro-disability towards a research project into the care and treatment of people who require long […]
Commemorating Alan on what should have been his 60th birthday

To commemorate our dear Alan on what should have been his 60th birthday on July 9th 2020, we put together 60 photos, drawings, images of his life. Happy birthday Alan, you are always with us. https://vimeo.com/436095422 Read more about Alan Davidson >