February 2007 - Summary
The Members of Medical Research Scotland met on Friday, 2nd February, 2007. The main points of discussion were as follows:
- Membership - The Chairman welcomed the recently-appointed new Members to their first meeting and received the congratulations of all present on her award of an OBE in the recent Honours List. It was noted that Dr Graham Beastall was attending his last meeting, as he would be retiring from membership at the end of March having served two terms as a Member and had also been Deputy Chairman for the past year.
- Funding for Research - after consideration and discussion of all the applications received and the referees' reports on them, the Members agreed to award two Research Project Grants. The Members had previously scored a number of Progress and Final Reports submitted by current and recent grantholders and these were discussed. It was noted that the annual Grantholder's Research Open Day would take place on Tuesday 29th May.
- Investments - the Members received and noted a report from the Investment Managers on investment performance for the period ended 31st December 2006. There was subsequently discussion on ethical aspects of the charity's investment policy.
- Secretarial/Administrative matters - the Members considered several items, including its Code of Conduct for Members, which had been reviewed and revised following independence.
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