The Scottish Government

This page contains links to web sites that are related to the work carried out by the Science and Analysis Group

Please note that you will leave the Scottish Executive web site when using the following links, and that the Scottish Executive and its staff are not responsible for content external to this web site.

Main Research Providers

Scottish Executive Agencies

• Scottish Environment Protection Agency ( SEPA)
• Scottish Agricultural Science Agency ( SASA)
• Scottish Natural Heritage ( SNH)
• Fisheries Research Services ( FRS)

Scottish Executive Research Funders

• Chief Scientists Office (Health Department)
• SEERAD Environment Group
• Central Research Unit

UK Research Funders

• Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council ( BBSRC)

BBSRC funds the following Research Institutes

• Economic and Social Research Council ( ESRC)
• Medical Research Council ( MRC)
• Natural Environment Research Council ( NERC)
• Department of Health
• Department of Trade and Industry ( DTI)
• Foresight LINK award scheme
• Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs ( DEFRA)

• Food Standards Agency ( FSA)
• Scottish Enterprise
• Office of Science and Technology
• Scottish Higher Education Funding Council ( SHEFC)
• Microbiological Safety of Food Funders Group ( MSFFG)
• Higher Education Funding Council England
• Environment Research Funders' Forum ( ERFF)
• Wellcome Trust
• Scotland and Northern Ireland Forum for Environmental Research ( SNIFFER)

Research Institutes:

• Horticulture Research International ( DEFRA)
• Centre for Genome Research (University of Edinburgh)
• Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH) ( NERC)

• UK research sites map
• Genesis Faraday Partnership

Levy Bodies

• Meat and Livestock Commission
• Milk Development Council ( MDC)
• British Potato Council ( BPC)
• Home Grown Cereals Authority ( HGCA)
• Quality Meat Scotland ( QMS)
• Horticulture Development Council ( HDC)

Miscellaneous

• Guidelines for the Recognition and Assessment of Animal Pain
• Rural Community Gateway
• The National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research ( NC3Rs)