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The Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC) and its predecessor the Science Research Council (SRC) were the UK agencies in charge of publicly funded scientific and engineering research activities, including astronomy, biotechnology and biological sciences, space research and particle physics, between 1965 and 1994.
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) is a British Research Council that provides government funding for grants to undertake research and postgraduate degrees in engineering and the physical sciences, mainly to universities in the United Kingdom.
To prioritise economic impact over blue skies research, the SRC became the Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC) in the early 1980s, and in 1994, [5] the SERC was eventually divided into three Research Councils (the EPSRC, PPARC and the CCLRC – which took responsibility for RAL from EPSRC in 1995 [6]), so that each could then focus ...
The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC; French: Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada, CRSNG) is the major federal agency responsible for funding natural sciences and engineering research in Canada.
The Herzberg medal is commonly called Canada's top award for science and engineering. [2] [3] [4] It is an individual annual award that recognizes continued excellence and influence in research in either natural sciences or engineering. [5] The award is a gold medal, and the guarantee of $1 million over five years to use for personal research. [5]
During World War I, when the United States was at war, the NRC operated as the Department of Science and Research of the Council of National Defense as well as the Science and Research Division of the United States Army Signal Corps. [17] When war was first declared, the council had organized committees on anti-submarine and gas warfare. [11]
BBSRC was created in 1994, merging the former Agricultural and Food Research Council (AFRC) and taking over the biological science activities of the former Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC). [3] Chairs Sir Alistair Grant (1994–1998) [4] Dr Peter Doyle (1998–2003) Dr Peter Ringrose (2003–2009) Prof Sir Tom Blundell (2009–2015)
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research: Notable and outstanding research, applied or fundamental across seven categories: Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Medicine and Physics [15] [16] India: Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar: Govt. of India