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
- Chairman - Sir Michael Sterling
- Chief executive - Professor John Womersley
Partner Organisations
- Harwell Oxford (HO)
- Sci-Tech Daresbury
- CERN
- Diamond Light Source Ltd (DLSL)
- European Southern Observatory (ESO)
- European Space Agency (ESA)
- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF)
- Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL)
- Technology Strategy Board (TSB)
- UK Shared Busines Services Ltd (UK SBS Ltd)
- Research Councils UK (RCUK)
- UK Space Agency(UK SA)
Sponsored institutes
Contact details
Notes
- ↑ House of Commons, Office of Science and Innovation: Scrutiny Report 2005 and 2006, accessed 07.09.2013.
