Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils
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The Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils (CCLRC, previously CLRC) was a UK government body that carried out civil research in science and engineering. On 1 April 2007 it merged with PPARC to form the Science and Technology Facilities Council. It administered the UK's large scale facilities for materials and biomolecular research, laser and space science and alternative energy exploration on behalf of the government, the other UK research funding bodies, universities, and corporate research and development.
It employed about 1700 staff at three locations:
- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, near Didcot in Oxfordshire, incorporating the ISIS neutron source
- Daresbury Laboratory. at Daresbury in Cheshire
- Chilbolton Observatory, near Stockbridge in Hampshire
The Diamond Light Source, is partly funded by Science and Technology Facilities Council and the Wellcome Trust.
[edit] See also
- Cosener's House, a conference centre run by CCLRC in Abingdon
