Funding

Botanical University Challenge and the Student Botany Festival would not happen without the many people who generously support us with their time and knowledge, as well as the organisations who provide funding and support in kind. In 2025, the organisations were:

In 2024 the organisations that generously funded us and supported us in kind were:

In 2023 the organisations that generously funded us and supported us in kind were:

Donations

The BUC community of young botanists is flourishing and growing year on year, but is wholly reliant on volunteers and the generosity of donors to make it happen.  

Please support BUC by making a donation. State BUC in the comment field to ensure your gift goes to the right place.

The University of Reading is an independent corporation with charitable status (reference X 8145), so if you would like to make a gift and are a UK taxpayer, your generosity can be boosted further thanks to Gift Aid.

Thank you for your support

Impact

BUC is helping students to gain new skills and confidence whilst also enabling them to network and feel less isolated. The BUC Student Botany Festival supports hands on learning and careers activity too. We undertake surveys of the students who enter the BUC competition and attend the festival to evaluate its impact. You can read our reports on impact for 2025 and 2024 below.