News and recent awards
DCMS/Wolfson Foundation awards
The Wolfson Foundation and DCMS have announced the latest round of awards under the joint museums and galleries programme, totalling £4 million.
January 2012
Results of the latest round of funding (winter 2011)
Following the meeting of the Trustees in December 2011, awards totalling over £13 million have been announced by the Wolfson Foundation.
December 2011
Winner of Wolfson Neurology Initiative announced
The Wolfson Foundation has awarded £20 million to University College London to create The Leonard Wolfson Experimental Neurology Centre, in memory of Lord Wolfson of Marylebone.
December 2011
DCMS/Wolfson Museums and Galleries Improvement Fund: A Public-Private Partnership (2002-2010) A report by the Wolfson Foundation and DCMS celebrates eight years of joint funding for improvements to museums and galleries.
October 2011
Wolfson Postgraduate Scholarships in the Humanities
The Wolfson Foundation has announced a pilot programme of postgraduate scholarships in the humanities. Over £2 million will be available to fund twenty-seven scholarships at nine universities across the UK.
September 2011
Results of the latest round of funding (summer 2011)
Following the meeting of Trustees in June 2011, awards totalling over £12 million have been announced by the Wolfson Foundation.
June 2011
Wolfson History Prize
The winners of the Wolfson History Prize (2010) were announced at a reception on 7 June 2011.
June 2011
DCMS Wolfson renewal
The Wolfson Foundation and DCMS have announced that their joint programme has been renewed for a further two funding rounds, with £8 million to be invested in museums and galleries.
February 2011
New neurology initiative announced
Up to £20 million is to be invested in research into neurological diseases, in what will be the largest single initiative in the Foundation's history.
January 2011
Results of latest round of funding (winter 2010)
Following the meeting of Trustees in December 2010, awards totalling over £10 million have been announced by the Wolfson Foundation.
December 2010
New cathedrals programme
Awards totalling £500,000 have been announced under a joint programme with the Cathedrals Fabric Commission for England, as well as a further investment of £1 million in the programme over the next two years.
December 2010
Appointment of Trustees announced
The Wolfson Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of four new Trustees.
November 2010
Awards announced under partnership programme with Wellcome Trust
Awards of over £30 million have been announced by the Wolfson Foundation and the Wellcome Trust under their joint programme funding capital projects in the biomedical sciences.
July 2010
Results of latest round of funding (summer 2010)
Following the meeting of Trustees in June 2010, awards totalling over £10 million have been announced by the Wolfson Foundation
June 2010
New Chairman announced
The Wolfson Foundation is pleased to announce that the Honourable Janet Wolfson de Botton CBE has been appointed as Chairman of the Foundation.
June 2010
Wolfson History Prize
The winners of the Wolfson History Prize (2009) were announced at a lunch on 16 June 2010.
June 2010
Announcement
The Wolfson Foundation is sorry to announce the death of our Chairman, Lord Wolfson of Marylebone, on 20 May 2010.
May 2010
Results of latest round of funding (Winter 2009/10)
Following the meeting of Trustees in February 2010, awards totalling over £16 million have been announced by the Wolfson Foundation
February 2010