Annex 3
GLOSSARY OF ABBREVIATIONS
AdESAB-Advanced Engineering Sector Advisory Board
BERR-Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory
Reform
CAETS-International Council of Academies of Engineering
and Technological Sciences
CIG-Core Issues Group
CPNI-Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure
CST-Council for Science and Technology
CSAC-Chief Scientific Advisers Committee
DCSA-Departmental Chief Scientific Adviser
DE&S-Defence Equipment and Support
Defra-Department for Environment, Food and Rural
Affairs
DESG-Defence Engineering and Science Group
DfT-Department for Transport
DIUS-Department for Innovation, Universities and
Skills
ECWVTA-European Community Whole Vehicle Type Approval
EPSRC-Engineering and Physical Sciences Research
Council
ETI-Energy Technologies Institute
FREng-Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering
GCSA-Government Chief Scientific Adviser
GES-Government Economic Service
GORS-Government Operational Research Service
GO-Science-Government Office for Science
GSIF-Global Science & Innovation Forum
GSR-Government Social Research
GSS-Government Statistical Service
HoSEP-Head of Science and Engineering Profession
HSC-Horizon Scanning Centre
HSE-Health and Safety Executive
IP-Innovation Platform
KTN-Knowledge Transfer Networks
LWEC-Living with Environmental Change programme
MIT-Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MoD-Ministry of Defence
NATO-North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
NERC-Natural Environment Research Council
NMS-National Measurement System
PSG-Professional Skills for Government
R&D-research and development
RDD&D-research, development, demonstration and
deployment
RAEng-Royal Academy of Engineering
SBE-synthetic biological engineering
SEAs-Science and Engineering Ambassadors
SEFS-Science and Engineering Fast Stream
SMEs-small and medium-sized enterprises
STEM-Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
STEMNET-Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
Network
TSB-Technology Strategy Board
UK-United Kingdom
UKTI-UK Trade & Investment
US-United States
VOSA-Vehicle and Operator Services Agency
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