Funding Agency Research Councils
Chief Scientific Advisor Cabinet Parliament Council for Science & Technology Department of Trade & Industry Office of Science & Technology Director General of the Research Councils Science Budget Department of Education & Skills Fund for Higher Education Other Departments Research Councils Research Council CCLRC Higher Education Funding Councils (Charities) Cancer Research UK
Dual Support System higher education funding bodies HEFCE Research Councils Other grants & contracts 358M (10%) UK industry 250M (7%) Higher education funding bodies 1085M (31%) UK central government, local health & hospital authorities 413M (12%) UK charities 607M (17%) Research Councils 805M (23%)
HEFCE: Higher Education Funding Council of England Parliament Non-departmental Public Body Department for Education and Skills * Research Assessment Exercise RAE 2003-4 5,500 1.1 3,400 1,100
Research Councils (RCs) Non-Departmental Public Bodies established by Royal Charter Science Budget 2003-4 1,892 3,800 Department of Trade and Industry Office of Science and TechnologyParliament Research Councils Research Council Research Councils
8 Research Council(RC)s (2003-4) BBSRC: Biotechnology and Biological Sciences RC CCLRC: Council for the Central Laboratory of the RCs ESRC: Economic and Social RC EPSRC: Engineering and Physical Sciences RC MRC: Medical RC NERC: Natural Environment RC PPARC: Particle Physics and Astronomy RC AHRB/C: Arts and Humanities Research Board/Council * AHRB/C s budget in 2003-04 was 70M
Research Councils Councils Councils * * * * CCLRC
Research Councils Council Council * * Science and Innovation Investment Framework 2004-2014 * EU Framework programs Council Councils Councils/
Research Councils UK (RCUK) Research Councils UK(RCUK)Research Council(RC)s RCUK Executive Group (8 Chief Executives of RCs) RC Joint RCUK/OST Group for Strategy (Director General of RCs and 8 Chief Executives of RCs) Science Budget Director General of RCs RCUK Joint Electronic Submission initiative (Je-S) Cross-Council Research Programs / e-science
Research Councils Funding Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
Committee & Board (BBSRC) Council Strategy Board Agri-Food Committee Animal Sciences Committee Biomolecular Sciences Committee Biochemistry & Cell Biology Committee Engineering & Biological Systems Committee Genes & Developmental Biology Committee Plant & Microbial Sciences Committee Committee: Committee CommitteeStrategy Board Council: Committee Board
Committee (BBSRC) Committee 1/3 Chair Committee Ad hoc Appointments Board Committee
(BBSRC) Referee BBSRC PO Committee Referee Referee Referee Committee Referee Committee Referee Referee Referee Committee Committee Meeting
Referee (BBSRC) Referee Referee Referee Committee PO RefereeCommittee Referee Committee meeting
Committee Meeting (BBSRC) (1) Committeeprimary and secondary introducing member Committee Meeting * * ( Primary Introducing Secondary Introducing Committee Meeting ChairChair Co-chairChair
Committee Meeting (BBSRC) (2) Committee Committee Chair Co-chair Committee Committee Committee PO Chair Committee Meeting
output * citation * proceedings * * * * Committee LINK
BBSRC Chief Executive Science & Technology Group Finance Group (Post-award Admin.) Human Resources Group Corporate Science Group Science Strategy Agri-Food Animal Sciences Engineering & Biological Systems Molecular & Cell Biology Plants, Microbes & Genetics Research grants Fellowships & Studentships Contacts for Staff on BBSRC Postgraduate Training & Fellowship Senior Program Managers Program Managers Assistant Program Managers Business & Innovation International Relations Evaluation & Policy External Relations Secretariat & Liaison PO Administrative Managers Administrators
PO (BBSRC) Senior Program Managers Branch Head
PO BBSRC PO PhD BBSRC Mentor Mentor Mentor Shadowing On-the-job Training BBSRC
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