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Research for Food Security - Record of a facilitated discussion meeting held on 8 December 2008 at the Royal College of Physicians, London - click here For photos and summary of the February 2008 Prizegiving ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lord and Lady Rank on their Golden Wedding Anniversary in 1967 History The Funds were established by the late Lord Rank on the 16th February 1972, shortly before his death in March of that year. Lady Rank died in 1971. There are two Funds, the Nutrition Fund and the Optoelectronics Fund, encompassing the two sciences that reflect the business interests of the late Lord Rank through his connection with the flour milling and cinema and electronics industries.
Objectives and principal aimsThe Funds have as their objectives the advancement and promotion for the public benefit of knowledge, education and learning in all or any of the following sciences:
Crop husbandry Human nutrition Animal nutrition (as distinct from animal husbandry)
The inter-face between optics and electronics and nearly related phenomena
The way in which the Funds operateThe trustees are advised by two committees of eminent scientists and academics who, either directly, or through their extensive contacts, are fully aware of developments in the two areas of science with which the Funds are involved. The trustees make decisions based on the advice that they receive from the committees. The chairmen of the two committees are also trustees. UNSOLICITED APPEALS, FROM WHATEVER SOURCE, ARE NOT CONSIDERED.
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