The NCOB was established by the Trustees of the Nuffield Foundation in 1991, and since 1994 it has been funded jointly by the Foundation, Wellcome and the Medical Research Council.
NCOB’s strategy ‘Making Ethics Matter’ 2024-2028 sets out four cross-cutting goals, working across three priority areas:
Strategic goals
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Enhance capability to anticipate scientific developments and health trends that pose fundamental ethical questions to society.
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Undertake and communicate rigorous ethical analysis in a way that is clear and relevant to decision makers and to the public.
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Demonstrate the value of ethics to society and decision makers in order to embed ethics in policymaking.
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Build greater connections across bioethics networks to strengthen the voice of bioethics in policy and public debate.
