| AUT | Association of University Teachers
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| BBSRC | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
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| CERN | European Organisation for Nuclear Research
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| CLRC | Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils
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| DTI | Department of Trade and Industry
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| EPSRC | Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council
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| ESA | European Space Agency |
| ESO | European Southern Observatory
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| ESRC | Economic and Social Research Council
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| LHC | Large Hadron Collider |
| MRC | Medical Research Council
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| NDPB | NonDepartmental Public Body
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| NERC | Natural Environment Research Council
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| OST | Office of Science and Technology
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| OWL | Over Whelmingly Large Telescope
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| PPARC | Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council
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