STFC's Partner organisations

The Science and Technology Facilities Council works very closely with a number of partner organisations, both nationally and internationally. The list of partners includes (please note that external links will open in a new window):

• CERN (link opens in a new window) |
• Diamond (link opens in a new window) |
• European Southern Observatory (ESO) (link opens in a new window) |
• European Space Agency (ESA) (link opens in a new window) *|
• European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) (link opens in a new window) |
• Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) (link opens in a new window) |
• Research Councils UK* (RCUK) (link opens in a new window) |
• UK Space Agency (link opens in a new window) |

International collaborations

The Science and Technology Facilities Council also represents the UK in international collaborations to provide access to facilities, to plan future facilities strategy, to regulate international collaboration, or to foster international collaboration in strategic areas of research. These international collaborations include:

• Enabling Grids for e-Science (EGEE) (link opens in a new window)
• EuroCRIS - (Current Research Information Systems)
• European Policy Management Authority for Grid Authentication (EUGridPMA) (link opens in a new window)
• European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics (ERCIM)
• European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI) (link opens in a new window)

Other collaborations

STFC also provides support and assistance to a range of other international science collaborations.

• Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East (link opens in a new window) (SESAME )
  
• Tokai To Kamioka (link opens in a new window) (T2K)