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The National Centre for Social Research is a registered charity trading as NatCen Social Research and is the largest independent social research institute in the UK. [30] [31] [32] The research charity was founded in 1969 by Sir Roger Jowell [33] and Gerald Hoinville with the aim of carrying out rigorous social policy research to improve society.
Formerly Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council. Chilbolton Observatory; Daresbury Laboratory; Rutherford Appleton Laboratory. HM Nautical Almanac Office; Diamond Light Source (86% stake, with the other 14% owned by the Wellcome Trust) UK Astronomy Technology Centre
[5] [6] Organisationally, it will be small, independent of UKRI (the main UK government funding body), with autonomy to operate at speed innovate funding, (for instance with X-Prize type inducements around research goals), rapid "seed" funding, with successful seeds entering a much smaller tier of large-grants, and bonuses for accomplishing ...
Working in partnership with universities, research organisations, businesses, charities, and government, its mission is to foster research and development within the United Kingdom and create a positive "impact"—"push the frontiers of human knowledge and understanding", "deliver economic impact", and "create social and cultural impact". [3]
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The National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) is a registered charity and is the largest independent social research institute in the UK. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The research charity was founded in 1969 by Sir Roger Jowell [ 4 ] and Gerald Hoinville with the aim of carrying out social policy research to improve society.
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The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), formerly the Social Science Research Council (SSRC), is part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). UKRI is a non-departmental public body (NDPB) funded by the UK government. ESRC provides funding and support for research and training in the social sciences. It is the UK's largest organisation for ...