Science and Technology Facilities Council

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The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) is a UK government body that carries out civil research in science and engineering, and funds UK research in areas including physics, nuclear physics, and astronomy including space science. It was formed in April 2007 as a straight merger of the Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils (CCLRC) and Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council (PPARC).[1]


Personnel

Partner organisations

As stated in STFC's Annual Report and Accounts 2012-2013, STFC makes significant contributions to a Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL), European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), European Science Foundation (ESF), European Southern Observatory (ESO), and European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF). STFC hold voting powers in each of these organisations.[2]

STFC funds Science Media Centre (since 2011)[3][4]

Contact details

Address:
Polaris House
North Star Avenue
Swindon
SN2 1SZ
Tel:
+44 (0)1793 442 000
E-mail:
enquiries(AT)stfc.ac.uk
Website:
http://www.stfc.ac.uk/home.aspx

Notes

  1. House of Commons, Office of Science and Innovation: Scrutiny Report 2005 and 2006, accessed 07.09.2013.
  2. STFC, Annual Report and Accounts 2012-2013, accessed 09.09.2013.
  3. SMC, List of Funders 2011-12, accessed 17 Oct 2013.
  4. SMC, Funding, accessed 17 Oct 2013.