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Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit; Laboratory of Molecular Biology; Clinical Sciences Centre; Francis Crick Institute; National Institute for Medical Research (now defunct) Sorby Research Institute (now defunct)
An independent research organisation (IRO) is an independent research centre that is eligible to compete with universities for research grant funding from the seven research councils of the United Kingdom. The Arts and Humanities Research Council was able to grant IRO status to cultural and heritage organisations from 2006/7. [1]
Pages in category "Scientific organisations based in the United Kingdom" The following 101 pages are in this category, out of 101 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
There are seven Research Councils in the UK (see table below), all of which are now part of UK Research and Innovation.Each council receives funding from the Government's Science Budget (administered through the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills) to fund research in a different area of research with a view to improving the UK economy, society and creating a sustainable world. [1]
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), part of UK Research and Innovation, is a non-departmental public body (NDPB), and is the largest UK public funder of non-medical bioscience. It predominantly funds scientific research institutes and university research departments in the UK.
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]
The STFC is one of Europe's largest multidisciplinary research organisations supporting scientists and engineers worldwide. [6] Through research fellowships and grants, it is responsible for funding research in UK universities, in the fields of astronomy, particle physics, nuclear physics and space science. The STFC operates its own world-class ...
The UK government has a list of professional associations approved for tax purposes (this includes some non-UK based associations, which are not included here). [1] There is a separate list of regulators in the United Kingdom for bodies that are regulators rather than professional associations.