SfL's Honorary Patrons are:

• Sir Tom Blundell, FRS (Head of Department Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Chair of Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution)
• Mrs Anne Campbell (formerly Labour MP for Cambridge, a founder member of SfL)
• Dr Ian Gibson, MP (Labour MP for Norwich North, Member of the HoC Select Committe for the Department of Innovation, Universities and Skills, formerly Chair of the HoC Select Committee on Science and Technology)
• Sir Paul Nurse, FRS (Nobel Laureate for Medicine, President of Rockefeller University, NY)
• Lord Martin Rees, FRS (Astronomer Royal)
• Lord David Sainsbury (longest serving Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Science and Innovation, now retired)