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)
• 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)