It supports medical research through its research establishments, by grants to individual scientists and via support for postgraduate students. NERC is the leading body in the UK for research, survey, monitoring and training in the environmental sciences. The principal science and technology agency of the Canadian federal government. Information is available in French and English. Organisations are listed by category, including Federal Government Research, Academic Research, Provincial and Territorial Government, and Transnational and International Governments.
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The UK Research Councils are established under Royal Charter to fulfil the objectives set out by Government in the White Paper 'Realising our Potential' dated May 1993. Statutory control of the Councils is exercised by the Department of Trade and Industry. Research Sites Image map showing the location of research council funded and other research related sites in the United Kingdom that are not directly affiliated with universities.