| 4GLS | 4th Generation Light Source
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| AHRC | Arts and Humanities Research Council
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| ALICE | Accelerators and Lasers In Combined Experiments (at Daresbury)
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| ALICE | A Large Ion Collider Experiment (at CERN)
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| ATC | Astronomy Technology Centre
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| ATLAS | A Toroidal LHC ApparatuS
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| BBSRC | Biotechnology and Biosciences Research Council
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| CCLRC | Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils
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| CLF | Central Laser Facility
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| CMS | Compact Muon Solenoid
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| CSR | Comprehensive Spending Review
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| DGSR | Director General for Science and Research
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| DIUS | Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
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| EISCAT | European Incoherent Scatter Scientific Association
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| e-Merlin | Multi-Element Radio Linked Interferometer Network
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| EMMA | Electron Model for Many Applications
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| EPSRC | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
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| ERLP | Energy Recovery Linac Prototype
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| ESRC | Economics and Social Research Council
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| ETI | Energy Technologies Institute
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| FEC | Full Economic Cost
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| GDP | Gross Domestic Product
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| HEFCE | Higher Education Council for England
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| ILC | International Linear Collider
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| LHC | Large Hadron Collider
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| LHCb | Large Hadron Collider beauty
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| MRC | Medical Research Council
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| MEIS | Medium Energy Ion Scattering Facility
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| NCESS | National Centre for Electron Spectroscopy and Surface Analysis
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| NERC | Natural Environment Research Council
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| NIHR | National Institute for Health Research
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| NNI | Net National Income
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| NWDA | North West Development Agency
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| OSCHR | Office for Strategic Co-ordination of Health Research
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| PALS | Physical and Life Sciences Committee
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| PPAN | Particle Physics, Astronomy and Nuclear Physics Science Committee
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| PPARC | Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council
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| PSRE | Public Sector Research Exploitation Fund
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| RAL | Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
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| SSTD | Space Science and Technology Department
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| STFC | Science and Technology Facilities Council
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| STP | Solar-Terrestrial Physics
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| TS2 | Target Station 2
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| TSB | Technology Strategy Board
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