Science Board

The Science Board provides advice to Council and the executive on all aspects of STFC's science and technology programme.

In particular it:

• Works with the science programme office to formulate and update a long-term science strategy for STFC, based on inputs from the science programme office, the Particle Physics, Astronomy and Nuclear Physics Science Committee (PPAN) and the Physical and Life Sciences Committee (PALS).
  
  
• Identifies and prioritises the scientific opportunities likely to arise within the next fifteen years or so, with a description of the technologies required for their success and an estimate of the cost, again based on inputs from the science programme office, PPAN and PALS.
  
  
• Prioritises all known short to medium-term investment projects in the STFC science and technology programme in the context of the funds available against agreed and publicised criteria.
  
  
• Carries out a biennial programmatic review of all STFC operational facilities, experiments and other scientific investments, comparing their recent and predicted scientific productivity against agreed and publicised criteria.
  
  
• Agrees and recommends a detailed STFC scientific investment plan against a budget set by the Council, taking into account the agreed programme priorities, the long term science strategy and the programmatic review. This will include recommending the funding for major investment projects and R&D programmes taking account of the recommendations of PPAN and PALS.
  
  
• Reports through its chairman to the Council.
  
  
• Delegates elements of the above to PPAN and PALS committees and maintains oversight of the work of these committees.

Membership

Please click on the links below to view the members biographies

• Professor Tony Ryan - University of Sheffield (Chair)
• Professor Matt Griffin - Cardiff University (Deputy Chair)
• Professor Gabriel Aeppli - London Centre for Nanotechnology
• Professor Michael Bode - Liverpool John Moores University
• Professor Jon Butterworth - University College London
• Professor Neville Greaves - Aberystwyth University
• Professor Steven Rose - Imperial College London
• Professor Guenther Rosner - University of Glasgow

News from Science Board

• Science Board met on 2nd - 3rd June 2010 at Cockcroft Institute, Daresbury
• Science Board met on 7th - 8th April 2010 at Polaris House, Swindon
• Science Board met on 11th February 2010 at Polaris House, Swindon
• Science Board met on 7th - 8th December 2009 (PDF - 88kB - link opens in a new window) at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
• Science Board met on 19th - 20th October 2009 at Polaris House, Swindon
• Science Board met on 15th - 16th July 2009 at Polaris House, Swindon
• Science Board met on 20th - 21st May 2009 at the Medical Research Council (MRC), London
• Science Board met on 11th - 12th March 2009 at Daresbury Laboratory
• Science Board met on 14th - 15th January 2009 in London
• Announcement of the Resignation of the Chairman of Science Board
• Science Board met on 26th November 2008 at Polaris House, Swindon
• Science Board met on 4th September 2008 at the Medical Research Council, London