| ABPI | Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry
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| ACOST | Advisory Council on Science and Technology
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| AMRC | Association of Medical Research Charities
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| AUT | Association of University Teachers
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| BBSRC | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
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| CBI | Confederation of British Industry
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| CVCP | Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals
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| CST | Council for Science and Technology
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| DENI | Department for Education Northern Ireland
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| DfEE | Department for Education and Employment
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| DTI | Department of Trade and Industry
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| EPSRC | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
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| EU | European Union
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| GR money | Generic Research money (research funds from the HEFCs allocated on the basis of collaborations with the users of research)
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| HEFCE | Higher Education Funding Council for England
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| HEFCW | Higher Education Funding Council for Wales
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| IPDF | Industrial Partnership Development Fund
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| IT | Information Technology
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| JREI | Joint Research Equipment Initiative
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| MRC | Medical Research Council
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| NCIHE | National Committee of Inquiry into Higher Education
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| NERC | Natural Environment Research Council
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| OST | Office of Science and Technology
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| PREST | Policy Research in Engineering, Science and Technology
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| PSBR | Public Sector Borrowing Requirement
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| QAA | Quality Assurance Agency
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| QR money | Quality Research money (research funds from the HEFCs allocated on the basis of RAE results)
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| R money | Research money (the research component of universities' block grant from the HEFCs)
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| RAE | Research Assessment Exercise
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| RPI | Retail Price Index
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| SBS | Save British Science
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| SEBCC | Science and Engineering Base Co-ordinating Committee
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| SET | Science, Engineering and Technology
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| SHEFC | Scottish Higher Education Funding Council
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| SPRU | Science Policy Research Unit
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| T money | Teaching money (the teaching component of universities' block grant from the HEFCs)
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| TCS | Teaching Company Scheme
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