Physical and Life Sciences Committee

This committee provides advice to the Science Board and the executive on all aspects of STFC's physical and life sciences programme (excluding those that fall within the remit of the Particle Physics, Astronomy and Nuclear Physics Science Committee - PPAN).

In particular it:

• Formulates and updates the long-term science strategy for the physical and life sciences (again excluding those elements covered by PPAN), as input to the Science Board's strategy, based on inputs from the community, other research councils and from the science programme office.
  
  
• Provides appropriate inputs to the Science Board's agreed programme priorities
  
  
• Provides appropriate inputs to the biennial programmatic reviews.
  
  
• Prioritises all known short to medium-term investment projects for developing new facilities and upgrading current facilities.
  
  
• Agrees and recommends a detailed facilities investment plan against a budget guideline set by the Science Board, taking into account the agreed programme priorities the long term science strategy and the programmatic review, including recommending the funding for major investment projects and R&D programmes taking account of the recommendations of the panels reporting to it.
  
  
• Monitors and reviews the operations of facilities and provide strategic advice and guidance to the facility operations director.
  
  
• Reports through its chairman to the executive and the Science Board.

News from PALS

• News from PALS (PDF - 37kB) (PDF - 37kB - link opens in a new window)
  (December 2009)
• News from PALS
  (September 2009)

PALS Membership

• Professor Robert Newport - University of Kent (Chair)
• Professor Tony Watts - University of Oxford (Deputy Chair)
• Prof Paul Attfield - University of Edinburgh
• Dr Olwyn Byron - University of Glasgow
• Dr Alison Davenport - University of Birmingham
• Professor Martin Dove - University of Cambridge
• Professor Des McMorrow - University College London
• Dr Ehmke Pohl - Durham University
• Professor Andrea Russell - University of Southampton
• Professor Matthew Zepf - Queen's University, Belfast