Maxwell Foundation Outreach Activities

Doors Open Days Maxwell's Birthplace Sat/Sun 27/28 September 2025

Maxwell Foundation Outreach Activities

We (co-)fund the following:

Maxwell-Mackinnon-Macneill Scholarships for highly qualified students embarking on STEM courses at university, who will benefit most from financial assistance.
ICIAM Maxwell Prize
Annual Maxwell Birthday Lecture.

Previous co-funded activities:

The James Clerk Maxwell Early Career Writer's Prize
Maxwell Advanced Technology Fund Scholarships: Reports: 2021, 2018, 2015
Edinburgh International Science Festival lecture

We produce articles about Maxwell and STEM

New Series, The Maxwellian,
Issue 1, History of Radar Special (March 2025)
Issue 2, includes Travels with Peter Higgs (September 2025)
Newsletter Archive 2012-23 (19 issues)
Final issue, Dark matter: a cosmic ghost story

We work with and have links to

various affiliates

We note:

Entrance Hall, 14 India Street, Edinburgh

We give tours of James Clerk Maxwell’s birthplace:

The Foundation bought the house at 14 India Street Edinburgh in 1993. This elegant Georgian house, after period restoration, displays a growing collection of heritage material associated with James Clerk Maxwell, his associates and family circle.

Please see here for details of real and virtual tours.

JCM Foundation formed in Scotland in 1977.
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