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Engineering
a safer world.

Lloyd’s Register Foundation is an independent global safety charity with an important mission: to engineer a safer world.

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grants currently live.

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total value of grants portfolio (live and complete).

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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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Global Safety Evidence Centre funding call 2025

£2 million is available for research projects that address safety evidence gaps.

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Making safety evidence accessible

Part of the role of the Global Safety Evidence Centre is to develop methods to ensure the work we fund to is evidence-based and impactful. That starts with getting the grant application and review process right, and so we commissioned Mission Economics to develop a framework. Allan Little and Sara MacLennan explain.

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.

Lloyd’s Register Foundation Chief Executive, Ruth Boumphrey

Webinar: Is workplace safety training working?

Watch our free webinar as we explore the extent of harm, the frequency of reporting, and the extent of safety training taking place globally, across different countries, job sectors and demographic groups.

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