Academia

The STFC has a very close relationship with the academic community it supports, currently funding over 720 research grants in 49 UK universities^*.

Representatives of the community play a crucial role in the Council itself and the bodies that advise it in deciding its science strategy and the research programmes and projects it should invest in.

• the Institute of Physics (link opens in a new window) (IoP);
• the Royal Astronomical Society (link opens in a new window) (RAS); and
• the Higher Education Funding Council for England (link opens in a new window)(HEFCE)

^* - As at 1 May 2009.