List of Major UK Research Funders
List of Major UK Research Funders
List of Major UK Research Funders
Set out below is a list of the correct titles of the major UK research funders. This has been
compiled as a complement to the RIN’s guidance on acknowledgement of funders in
scholarly journal articles (see in particular paragraph 12 of the full guidance document),
especially in order to help publishers’ copy-editors achieve consistency.
Research Councils
Arts and Humanities Research Council (Arts and Humanities Research Board to 2005)
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils (to 2007)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
Economic and Social Research Council
Medical Research Council
Natural Environment Research Council
Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council (to 2007)
Science and Technology Facilities Council (from 2007)
Academies
British Academy
Royal Academy of Engineering
Royal Society
Major Medical Research Charities (see also, at Appendix below, the full list of members of
the Association of Medical Research Charities)
Arthritis Research Campaign
British Heart Foundation
Cancer Research UK
Wellcome Trust
Miscellaneous
JISC - Joint Information Systems Committee
February 2008
APPENDIX
Members of the Association of Medical Research Charities (AMRC)