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Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council

Index Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council

The Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council (PPARC) was one of a number of research councils in the United Kingdom. [1]

17 relations: Astronomy, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, Funding of science, House of Commons of the United Kingdom, Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes, Joint Astronomy Centre, Nuclear physics, Particle physics, Science and Engineering Research Council, Science and Technology Facilities Council, Science and Technology Select Committee, Swindon, UK Astronomy Technology Centre, United Kingdom, Wiltshire.

Astronomy

Astronomy (from ἀστρονομία) is a natural science that studies celestial objects and phenomena.

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Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) is a UK Research Council and NDPB and is the largest UK public funder of non-medical bioscience.

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Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils

The Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils (CCLRC) was a UK government body that carried out civil research in science and engineering.

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Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

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 (including mathematics, artificial intelligence and computer science), mainly to universities in the United Kingdom.

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Funding of science

Research funding is a term generally covering any funding for scientific research, in the areas of both "hard" science and technology and social science.

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House of Commons of the United Kingdom

The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes

The Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes or ING operates three optical telescopes -- the William Herschel, Isaac Newton, and Jacobus Kapteyn Telescopes -- for the Science and Technology Facilities Council (ST), Jacobus Kapteyn Telescope NWO and the IAC.

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Joint Astronomy Centre

The Joint Astronomy Centre (JAC) was a management organisation based in Hilo, Hawaii, which from c.1980-2015 operated two large telescopes at Mauna Kea Observatory on behalf of an international consortium from the United Kingdom, Canada and the Netherlands, and provided support for other telescopes and public outreach activities.

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Nuclear physics

Nuclear physics is the field of physics that studies atomic nuclei and their constituents and interactions.

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Particle physics

Particle physics (also high energy physics) is the branch of physics that studies the nature of the particles that constitute matter and radiation.

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Science and Engineering Research Council

The Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC) was the UK agency 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.

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Science and Technology Facilities Council

The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) is 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).

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Science and Technology Select Committee

The Science and Technology Select Committee is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Swindon

Swindon is a large town in Wiltshire, South West England, between Bristol, to the west, and Reading, the same distance east.

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UK Astronomy Technology Centre

The UK Astronomy Technology Centre (UK ATC) is based at the Royal Observatory in Edinburgh, Scotland, and is part of the Science and Technology Facilities Council.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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Wiltshire

Wiltshire is a county in South West England with an area of.

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Redirects here:

Frontiers (PPARC magazine), PPARC, Particle physics and astronomy research council, Pparc.ac.uk.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Particle_Physics_and_Astronomy_Research_Council

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