total numbers of participants to just over 24,000. 2010 In May, GS:SFHS starts recruitment in Aberdeen. GS:SFHS reaches 15,000 participants in April. The first journal paper arising from a GS collaborative project is published in Intelligence. GS:3D and GS:SFHS both receive ethical approval for setting up a Research Tissue Bank. 2009 GS:21CGH recruitment completed. GS:SFHS reaches 10,000 participants in June. GS:21CGH reaches recruitment targets in Aberdeen and Peterhead in February. 2008 Generation Scotland starts recruitment to GS:3D in Glasgow and Edinburgh in January. Recruitment is completed in July. 2007 The launch of GS:21CGH recruitment in Banff and Peterhead is marked by a Press Release and a report in The Press and Journal. UK Biobank starts recruiting in Scotland. A joint Press Release highlighting the complementary nature of the two projects is issued. Generation Scotland starts recruitment to GS:21CGH in Aberdeenshire and Edinburgh. 2006 By the end of 2006, 1000 participants have enrolled in GS:SFHS. Generation Scotland hosts a Symposium on Pharmacogenetics at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons in Glasgow. Multi-Centre Research Ethics Committee approval is granted for the GS:21CGH and GS:3D projects. Generation Scotland is officially launched on 2 February 2006 by Andy Kerr MSP, Minister for Health and Community Care, and Professors Andrew Morris and David Porteous. The launch is accompanied by a press release and newspaper and TV coverage. Recruitment to GS:SFHS starts in January 2006. 2005 The Generation Scotland Scientific Committee agrees that the Donor DNA Databank project (GS:3D) should come under the management and governance of Generation Scotland. Multi-Centre Research Ethics Committee approval is granted for Phase I of GS:SFHS. The GS:21CGH and GS:SFHS projects are jointly developed under the Generation Scotland banner. 2004 The Chief Scientist Office funds the GS:3D project. The Scottish Executive Health Department awards a Genetics in Healthcare Initiative grant of £4.4m for the GS:SFHS project. 2003 The Scottish Executive Health Department announces the Genetics in Healthcare Initiative. The Scottish Higher Education Funding Council awards a Strategic Research Development Grant of £1.79m for the GS:21CGH project. 2002 Scottish Enterprise supports Phase 2 business planning. Innogen initiates a Programme of Public Consultation and Engagement. The Generation Scotland plan is endorsed at a Discussion Dinner at the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 2001 Scottish Enterprise supports Phase 1 business planning. 1999 The Generation Scotland outline is endorsed by the Chief Medical Officer and the Chief Scientist. The University of Edinburgh pump-primes the Generation