Safer maritime systems
Safety across the maritime system is a key consideration in building a sustainable ocean.
Engineering
a safer world.
Lloyd’s Register Foundation is an independent global safety charity with an important mission: to engineer a safer world.
112
112
grants currently live.
£220m
£220m
total value of grants portfolio (live and complete).
456
456
current and former grants across the globe.
The Lloyd's Register Foundation Global Safety Evidence Centre
Collating, creating and communicating the best available evidence on 'what works' to improve safety.
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Voices from the IMO International Maritime Law Institute
Across the world, postgraduates from the IMO International Maritime Law Institute (IMLI) are building local legal expertise and keeping our seas safe. In a new, 8-part video series, we hear their stories.
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Who funds engineering safety research?
In a new study for the Global Safety Evidence Centre, RAND Europe explores where the research that underpins evidence comes from - analysing the authors, funders and topics of over 15,000 research papers on engineering safety published between 2015 and 2025. Study authors Katie Sykes and Charlie Coyte reflect on some key takeaways.
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Sailing into Africa’s Maritime Future: Unlocking Opportunities for Seafarers
From Africa Maritime Day in Antwerp comes a rallying cry: move beyond recognition and act for seafarers, livelihoods, and Africa’s maritime future. Renis Ojwala, from the World Maritime University, tells us more.
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Two new Foundation-funded fellows join the World Maritime University (WMU)
The final two fellows in our three-year partnership, Mochamad Gizza Gaeta Nahumariri and Estri Wahyuning Asih, have started their MSc in Maritime Affairs at the World Maritime University (WMU) in Malmo, Sweden.
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World Monuments Fund receives new grant for next phase of Coastal Connections programme
Established in 2023 as a joint initiative with English Heritage, Lloyd's Register Foundation has granted new funding for the expansion of its network of coastal heritage sites.
Dr Ruth Boumphrey Chief Executive, Lloyd's Register Foundation
Protecting people from harm, ensuring the infrastructure that we depend on for day-to-day living is safe for society both now and in the future, and ensuring the world has the right engineering skills and education required to keep people safer, all remain the driving force behind everything we do.
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We are most effective when we work together with other organisations who share our mission to engineer a safer world.
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