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This article contains a list of scientific research institutes in the United Kingdom that are owned by the government.

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

• Babraham Institute
• Pirbright Institute
• Institute of Food Research
• Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research
• John Innes Centre
• Earlham Institute
• Roslin Institute
• Rothamsted Research
• Silsoe Research Institute (ceased operations in 2006)

Science and Technology Facilities Council

Formerly Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council

• Chilbolton Observatory
• Daresbury Laboratory
• Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
  • HM Nautical Almanac Office
• Diamond Light Source (86% stake, with the other 14% owned by the Wellcome Trust)
• UK Astronomy Technology Centre

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

• Central Science Laboratory (defunct)
• Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
• Veterinary Laboratories Agency

Department of Health

• National Radiological Protection Board

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

• National Physical Laboratory
• National Nuclear Laboratory
• Meteorological Office

Ministry of Defence

• Atomic Weapons Establishment
• Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
  • Alverstoke
  • Bedford
  • Farnborough
  • Fort Halstead
  • Malvern
  • Pershore
  • Porton Down
  • Portsdown West
  • Winfrith

Medical Research Council

• Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit
• Laboratory of Molecular Biology
• Clinical Sciences Centre
• Francis Crick Institute
• National Institute for Medical Research (now defunct)
• Sorby Research Institute (now defunct)

Natural Environment Research Council

• British Antarctic Survey
• British Geological Survey
• Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
• National Oceanography Centre
• Plymouth Marine Laboratory
• National Centre for Atmospheric Science

References

1. "Silsoe Research Institute", University of Reading, retrieved and archived 24 October 2015,

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