The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) is a UK government agency that supports scientists and engineers by funding research in space science, astronomy, particle physics, and nuclear physics. STFC operates world-class research facilities and manages the UK's engagement with international facilities, providing access to cutting-edge technology for the research community. Key partners include the UK Space Agency, ESA, CERN, and various universities, with a focus on space technology transfer and commercialization of intellectual property. STFC also offers public engagement and educational resources.
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ELSA-M’s first test stop was RAL Space STFC’s UK National Satellite Test Facility for mass properties testing.
The DESI collaboration has support from the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science, the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center, the U.S. National Science Foundation, the United Kingdom Science and Technology Facilities Council, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, the Heising-Simons Foundation, France’s Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission, Mexico’s SECIHTI, Spain’s Ministry of Science and Innovation, and DESI member institutions.
The UK Science and Technology Facilities Council needs to cut £162 million (€187 million) in spending by FY2029-30 to align with a new outcome-focused approach to R&D funding.
STFC Executive Chair Michele Dougherty wrote that the planned cuts would build on last year’s 15% reduction in new grants.
STFC expects future spending to be around 70% of FY2024-25 levels.
Royal Astronomical Society Executive Director Robert Massey warned that the STFC cuts could force postdoctoral researchers out of academia and could close entire academic departments.
The Webb dark matter mapping work received support from NASA, the UK Research Councils’ Science and Technology Facilities Council, the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation, the RCUK/STFC Central Laser Facility at the STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, and the Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales.
The planned STFC cuts will impact both future grants and projects already underway.
HyMS was developed in collaboration with the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council’s RAL Space and STAR-Dundee Ltd.
The UK-ACE CCN is part funded by the Satellite Applications Catapult and led by the Harwell Space Cluster – Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC).
The Science and Technology Facilities Council, part of UK Research and Innovation, contributed £800,000 to the Enabling Technologies Program.
The National Physical Laboratory (NPL) is working with the Science and Technology Facilities Council’s (STFC) RAL Space to deliver a smallsat calibration facility.
Spire entered a partnership with RAL Space, which is part of the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council, to further develop and deploy the Hyperspectral Microwave Sounder (HYMS) on Spire satellites.
Spire entered a partnership with RAL Space, a part of the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council, to further develop and deploy the Hyperspectral Microwave Sounder (HYMS) on Spire satellites.
On 2021-03-04 ISISPACE was selected by Science and Technology Facilities Council’s RAL Space to provide a 12-Unit CubeSat platform to support the SPEQTRE mission.