| AEBC | Agriculture and Environment Biotechnology Commission
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| AHRB | Arts and Humanities Research Board
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| BAe | British Aerospace |
| BBSRC | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
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| C&AG | Comptroller and Auditor General
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| CCLRC | Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils
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| CE | Chief Executive |
| CMI | Cambridge MIT Institute
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| CSA | Chief Scientific Adviser [to the Government]
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| CST | Council for Science and Technology
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| DEFRA | Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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| DfES | Department for Education and Skills
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| DG | Director General |
| DGRC | Director General of the Research Councils
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| DoH | Department of Health |
| DTI | Department of Trade and Industry
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| EPSRC | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
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| ERA | European Research Area
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| FP(6) | (Sixth) Framework Programme
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| FRS | Fellow of the Royal Society
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| GDP | Gross Domestic Product
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| GMO | Genetically Modified Organism
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| HE | Higher Education |
| HEFCE | Higher Education Funding Council for England
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| HEIF | Higher Education Innovation Fund
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| HMT | Her Majesty's Treasury
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| IDIL | Infectious Diseases in Livestock
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| JIF | Joint Infrastructure Fund
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| KTSG | Knowledge Transfer Steering Group
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| MAFF | [the former] Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
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| MIT | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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| MRes | Masters Degree in Research
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| NDPB | Non-Departmental Public Body
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| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
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| OPI | Output Performance Indicator
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| OST | Office of Science and Technology
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| PSA | Public Service Agreement
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| PSX | Ministerial Committee on Public Services and Public Expenditure
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| QQR | Quinquennial Review |
| RAE | Research Assessment Exercise
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| R&D | Research and Development
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| RCPS | Research Councils Pension Scheme
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| RCUK | Research Councils UK |
| RfR | Request for Resources |
| SDA | Service Delivery Agreement
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| SEB | Science and Engineering Base
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| SET | Science, Engineering and Technology
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| SME | Small and Medium-sized Enterprise
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| SP | Specific Programme |
| SR | Spending Review |
| SRIF | Science Research Investment Fund
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| TCS | Teaching Companies Scheme
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| TDST | Transdepartmental Science and Technology [Group]
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| TRAC | Transparent Approach to Costing
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| UMIST | University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology
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| UUK | Universities UK |
