If you could would you make a charity that supports science?

Question: If you could would you make a charity that supports science?
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Asked by David to Hephzi, Imogen, Jen, Jennifer, Tom on 11 Mar 2015.
- Thomas Barrett answered on 11 Mar 2015:
  
  There are already research groups that exist that do that such as
  http://www.senseaboutscience.org/pages/about-us.html
  
  People such as Bill Gates (inventor of microsoft) has put billions of pounds into science to cure diseases and help people. Which is great.
  
  We get money from the government and companies to do our research (although we get less at the moment 🙁 ) but more funding is always good.
  
  If I could set up a charity to support science I would. I would set it up for space and medicine research too. You may be surprised to find out that loads of things in our homes were invented by NASA as by-products of getting people to space. From memory foam mattresses to fire-resistant equipment and even artificial limbs and better water purification. That is the kind of things I would want to support. Research that will take us to space but also help solve some of the problems here on Earth.
  
  Here is a list of cool things that came from space science
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA_spin-off_technologies
- Jen Machin answered on 11 Mar 2015:
  
  Definitely. There are already a few similar charities out there, but I’d like to make a charity that would encourage more girls to do science!
- Jennifer Rudd answered on 11 Mar 2015:
  
  Absolutely. I’d particularly focus mine on people in chemistry who are great at lab work but terrible at passing exams. I was really lucky to get taken on as a research assistant in a lab during my undergraduate by a Prof. who saw that I had potential when nobody else did. Because of what he did I got a PhD place.
- Hephzi Tagoe answered on 11 Mar 2015:
  
  Peesoanlly I wouldn’t want to because I believe in partnerships, support and collaborations. As there are quite a number out there already I’ll rather offer my services to them. I actually spent some time at sense about science which Tom mentioned and it was great experience.
- Imogen Napper answered on 12 Mar 2015:
  
  I would love to set up a charity when I am older that supports younger people getting into science.
  
  There are already so many great charities that I look up to, such as the Marine Conservation Society and Surfers Against Sewage.

Question: If you could would you make a charity that supports science?

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