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The Research Councils of the UK are government agencies responsible for particular areas of science and technology. Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Science For the scientific journal named Science, see Science (journal). ...
By the mid 20th century humans had achieved a level of technological mastery sufficient to leave the surface of the planet for the first time and explore space. ...
They are non-departmental government bodies which receive public funds from the Department of Trade and Industry through the Office of Science and Technology. There are currently eight Research Councils: The Department of Trade and Industry is a United Kingdom government department. ...
The Office of Science and Technology is a non-ministerial agency of the British government, headed by the chief scientific adviser, currently Sir David King. ...
2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Research Councils UK (RCUK) is a partnership of all the research councils, through which they promote various joint activities and interact with the UK government. The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) is a British Research Council that provides government funding for grants to undertake research in the arts and humanities, mainly to universities in the United Kingdom. ...
The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) is a British Research Council supporting several scientific research institutes and UK. Receiving its funding through the Office of Science and Technology, the BBSRCs responsibility is to increase basic knowledge and understanding in biology and develop biological technology and applications. ...
The Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils (CCLRC or CLRC) is a UK government body that carries out civil research in science and engineering. ...
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) is a British Research Council that provides government funding for grants to undertake engineering and science research, mainly to universities in the United Kingdom. ...
The Economic and Social Research Council is the main UK state funding agency for research and graduate studies in the social sciences. ...
Current MRC logo The Medical Research Council (MRC) is a UK organisation dedicated to promot[ing] the balanced development of medical and related biological research in the UK. Organisation The MRC is one of seven Research Councils and is answerable to, although politically independent from, the Office of Science and...
The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) is a British research council. ...
PPARC is an abbreviation for the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council, and is the UKs strategic science investment agency based in Swindon. ...
The MRC has its head office in central London, CCLRC is based at its Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, in Oxfordshire, the AHRC is based in Bristol and the other five research councils and RCUK operate from a single complex in Swindon. London — containing the City of London — is the capital of the United Kingdom and of England and a major world city. With over seven million inhabitants (Londoners) in Greater London area, it is amongst the most densely populated areas in Western Europe. ...
The Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) at the Chilton/Harwell Science Campus is a UK scientific research laboratory near Didcot in Oxfordshire. ...
Oxfordshire (abbreviated Oxon, from Latin Oxonia) is a county in south-east England, bordering on Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, and Warwickshire. ...
Bristol is a unitary authority with city and ceremonial county status in South West England. ...
Swindon is a large town located in the South West of England, in the county of Wiltshire. ...
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