The Bernal Lecture The Bernal Lecture Fund was established in 1969 by means of an endowment of £2000 by Professor JD Bernal FRS. The purpose of the fund is to found a lectureship on some aspect of the social function of science. The lecture is given triennially, and the first lecture was delivered in 1971. A gift of £500 is associated with the lecture. 1998 Tom Blundell – The networking of academic and industrial research: the UK phenomenon. 1995 William Stewart – UK Science and Technology policy: a perspective from the past, a vision for the future. 1992 Alec Jeffreys – Molecular sleuthing: the story of DNA fingerprinting. Royal Society I News & Media I Events Diary I Grants & Funding I Science for all I Science Policy I Library I Publications I Facilities I Fellows Room I Search I Home

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