The National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts was set up by Act of Parliament in 1998 to help maximise the United Kingdom's creative and innovative potential. It was the brainchild of Oscar winning film producer David Puttnam, its founding chairman. David Terence Puttnam, Lord Puttnam of Queensgate (born February 25, 1941) is a British film producer and politician. ...
Funded by a £250m endowment from the UK National Lottery, it uses the interest arising from that endowment to fund a wide range of individuals and small groups who explore new ideas, develop new products and services, or experiment with new ways of nurturing creativity in science, technology and the arts. A play here! sign outside a newsagent, incorporating the National Lotterys logo of a stylised hand with crossed fingers. ...
It is also the largest source of early stage business development funding in the UK.
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NESTA helps talented individuals in the fields of science, technology and the arts to achieve their potential and helps people turn inventions and ideas into products and services that can be effectively exploited.
NESTA's pilot fellowship projects include Crucible, a programme of support and guidance for promising post-doctoral scientists and Cultural Leadership, working in collaboration with the Clore Duffield Foundation to develop a series of awards to encourage the next generation of cultural leaders.
In addition to awards, NESTA delivers its remit by engaging in policy development to improve the UK environment for the people it is intended to support.
Nesta was born August 24, 1876, the youngest daughter of Robert Cooper Lee Bevan, Director of Barclays Bank, and his second wife, Emma Francis Shuttleworth.
Nesta Webster has to be rejected because it is difficult to separate fact from fiction [in her work]." [p.
Nesta Webster at age 53, from "The Rulers of Darkness — A Chapter from the secret history of Europe in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries", Nesta H. Webster (1876-1960).
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