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Other potential sources of funding
- Environment Research Funders' Forum
- Research and funding councils
- EU funding - framework 7
- UK government departments, agencies and non-departmental public bodies
- Other funding bodies
Environment Research Funders' Forum
The Environment Research Funders' Forum (ERFF) was set up in 2002 as a focus group bringing together the UK's major public sector sponsors of environmental science. The goal of the forum is to maximise the coherence and effectiveness of UK environmental sciences funding. More information is available from the Environment Research Funders Forum website.
Research and funding councils
- Research Councils UK (RCUK)
- Research councils shared website with links to individual councils. - Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE)
- Promotes and funds teaching and research in universities and colleges in England. - Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW)
- Promotes and funds higher education in Wales. - Scottish Funding Council (SFC)
- Promotes and funds teaching and research in Scotland's colleges and universities. - Department of Employment & Learning (DELNI)
- Responsible for higher education in Northern Ireland
EU funding
UK government departments, agencies and non-departmental public bodies
- Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs (Defra)
- Department For International Development (DFID)
- Environment Agency
- Scottish Executive
- Welsh Assembly Government
- Department for Transport (DFT)
- Department for Business Innovation & Skills (BIS)
- Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA)
- Health & Safety Executive
- Food Standards Agency
- Forestry Commission
- Joint Nature Conservation Committee
- Technology Strategy Board
Other funding bodies
See also the useful links page within the science impacts section.
External links
