Editing Nuffield Foundation (section)

==Selected grants==

In 1951, the trust deed was amended to include "the advancement of education" as an objective of the foundation. This led to the [[Nuffield Science Teaching Project]] in the 1960s.<ref>{{cite book |first=Ronald W. |last=Clark | author-link = Ronald W. Clark|title=A Biography of the Nuffield Foundation |location=London |publisher=Longman |year=1972 |isbn=9780582364875 |pages=168&ndash;73 }}</ref>

In 1960, the Foundation made a multi-year grant to [[Paintings in Hospitals]] for the purchase of paintings, and occasionally sculpture, in order to establish a permanent art collection for loan to hospitals in London.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=1963|title=Medical Social Work, Volume 15|journal=Medical Social Work|publisher=Institute of Medical Social Workers|volume=15}}</ref>

In 2006, together with the [[Institute for Fiscal Studies]] the Nuffield Foundation funded a proposal for a revision of the British tax system.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nuffieldfoundation.org/mirrlees-review |title=The Mirrlees Review |publisher=Nuffield Foundation |access-date=2015-11-08}}</ref> The research project was headed by Nobel laureate Sir [[James Mirrlees]].

In 2015, the Nuffield Foundation funded [[Our World in Data]], a free web-publication to share quantitative social science with the general public.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ox.ac.uk/research/research-in-conversation/our-place-world/max-roser |title=Max Roser &#124; University of Oxford |publisher=Ox.ac.uk |access-date=2015-11-08}}</ref> This publication is used in teaching in many universities and in media coverage of the long-term perspective on global development.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ourworldindata.org/media-coverage/ |title=Media Coverage of OurWorldInData.org — Our World in Data |publisher=Ourworldindata.org |date=2015-07-01 |access-date=2015-11-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151104060054/http://ourworldindata.org/media-coverage/ |archive-date=4 November 2015 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

In 2018, the Foundation established the Ada Lovelace Institute<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/|title=Ada Lovelace Institute|website=www.adalovelaceinstitute.org}}</ref> to research ethical questions raised by big data, algorithms and [[artificial intelligence]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=From ethics to accountability, this is how AI will suck less in 2019|language=en-GB|work=Wired UK|url=https://www.wired.co.uk/article/artificial-intelligence-2019-predictions|access-date=2021-08-12|issn=1357-0978}}</ref>

In 2019, the Foundation launched a major review of inequalities<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ifs.org.uk/inequality/press-release/are-the-inequalities-seen-today-a-sign-of-a-broken-system-launch-of-the-ifs-deaton-review-of-inequalities/|title=Press release: Are the inequalities seen today a sign of a broken system? Launch of the IFS Deaton Review of inequalities|website=ifs.org.uk}}</ref> chaired by Professor Sir [[Angus Deaton]], and a £15m Strategic Fund for ambitious, interdisciplinary research projects that will address some of the most important challenges facing UK society and the public policy agenda in the next decade.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nuffieldfoundation.org/news/applications-open-for-the-nuffield-foundation-strategic-fund|title=Applications open for the Nuffield Foundation Strategic Fund|date=1 October 2019}}</ref> Grants awarded through the Strategic Fund included:
*The Economy 2030 Inquiry: navigating a decade of change<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.resolutionfoundation.org/press-releases/uk-facing-a-decisive-decade-of-change-that-the-country-is-neither-used-to-nor-prepared-for/|title=UK facing a ‘decisive decade’ of change that the country is neither used to, nor prepared for • Resolution Foundation}}</ref>
*The skills imperative 2035: Essential skills for tomorrow's workforce<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tes.com/news/research-ps43m-funding-shape-future-skills|title=Research: £4.3m funding to shape the future of skills|website=Tes}}</ref>
*The Future of Work and Well-being: The Pissarides Review<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nuffieldfoundation.org/news/4-3-million-research-to-shape-future-of-work-and-skills|title=£4.3 million for research to help shape the future of work and skills|date=23 June 2021}}</ref>
*Data and voice to improve children's lives<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cypnow.co.uk/news/article/project-to-improve-sharing-of-social-care-data-receives-2-8m-grant|title=Project to improve sharing of social care data receives £2.8m grant|website=CYP Now}}</ref>