Formed by Royal Charter in 2007, the Science and Technology Facilities Council is one of Europe's largest multidisciplinary research organisations supporting scientists and engineers world-wide. The Council operates world-class large scale research facilities, provides strategic advice to the government on their development and manages international research projects in support of a broad cross-section of the UK research community, in addition to directing, coordinating and funding research, education and training.
(STFC's headquarters are based in Swindon)
STFC are also involved in a new Joint Research Council's Research Complex.
This new research complex will provide facilities for both life and physical scientists to undertake new and cutting edge scientific research. The complex will be built at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratories (RAL) site next to Diamond, the new third generation Synchrotron Radiation (SR) source.
