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Science and Technology Facilities Council (Great Britain)

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Corporate name headingScience and Technology Facilities Council (Great Britain)
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Variant(s)Science & Technology Facilities Council (Great Britain)
STFC (Science and Technology Facilities Council)
See alsoCouncil for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils (Great Britain)
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Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council (Great Britain)
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Beginning date2007
Associated countryGreat Britain England
LocatedSwindon (Wiltshire, England)
Field of activityScience
Found inHiPER, 2007: t.p. verso (Science and Technology Facilities Council) p.319 (STFC)
Its website, viewed 12 Feb. 2015: home p. (Science & Technology Facilities Council; Science and Technology Facilities Council) about p. (STFC) contact p. (Science and Technology Facilities Council, Polaris House, North Star Avenue, Swindon SN2 1SZ)
Wikipedia, viewed 12 Feb. 2015 (Science and Technology Facilities Council; STFC; a UK government body that carries out civil research in science and engineering, and funds UK research in areas including particle physics, nuclear physics, space science and astronomy, both ground-based and space-based; formed in April 2007 as a merger of the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council (PPARC) with the Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils (CCLRC), along with the nuclear physics activities of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC); non-departmental public body)
UK Government website, viewed 12 Feb. 2015: under Organisations (Science and Technology Facilities Council coordinates research; STFC is an executive non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills)
Associated languageeng