Science and Technology Facilities Council

1. Science and Technology Facilities Council CERN NMS Summer School 2018 Jason Green Division Head External Innovation & 21st Century Challenges

2. STFC science and technology delivers real benefits to peoples’ lives, and contributes to the prosperity and security of the UK

3. Our strategy • World class research • Sustaining the UK’s position as one of the world’s leading research nations • World class innovation • Realising the innovative capacity of STFC’s science and research facilities to support the growth of a high-tech UK economy • World class skills • Delivering the scientific and technically skilled workforce that will sustain the UK as one of the world’s leading research nations

4. What we do World class research, innovation and skills • Broad range of physical, life and computational sciences • Around 1,700 scientists in particle and nuclear physics, and astronomy • Access for 7,500 scientists to world-leading, large-scale facilities • Science and Innovation Campuses at Daresbury and Harwell • Globally-recognised capabilities and expertise in technology R&D • Inspiring young people to undertake STEM

5. What we do World class research, innovation and skills • Broad range of physical, life and computational sciences • Around 1,700 scientists in particle and nuclear physics, and astronomy • Access for 7,500 scientists to world-leading, large-scale facilities • Science and Innovation Campuses at Daresbury and Harwell • Globally-recognised capabilities and expertise in technology R&D • Inspiring young people to undertake STEM – Global Challenge Research Fund - GCRF

6. What we spend £649m from Government • International Facilities (CERN, ESO, ILL, ESRF, ESS, XFEL, SKA) £222m • UK Facilities (ISIS, Diamond, CLF) £161m • Core (academic grants, lab operations, support services) £266m • Supplemented by project-based external revenue around £70m p.a.

7. Where we are Boulby UndergroundLaboratory North Yorkshire UK Astronomy Technology Centre Edinburgh, Scotland Daresbury Laboratory Sci-tech Daresbury Campus, Liverpool City Region Polaris House Swindon, Wiltshire Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Harwell Didcot, Oxfordshire Chilbolton Observatory Stockbridge, Hampshire …and around the world

8. How we deliver economic growth STFC’s asset baseKnowledge skills Technology Inspiration Innovation Resilient economy

9. Our international profile We work with international partners: • European Commission, G8, SIN/UKTI etc • CERN, Fermilab, KEK etc • ESO, SKA, NSF, NWO etc • European Space Agency, NASA, JAXA etc • European Synchrotron Radiation Facility • European Spallation Source, Institut Laue-Langevin • FAIR, GSietc • X-FEL

10. Large Hadron Collider @CERN Credit: CERN Recreating the conditions a billionth of a second after the Big Bang LHC research also delivers wide benefits for society through new technologies, including cancer therapies, medical and industrial imaging and manufacturing processes

11. Our science programme • Particle physics/particle astrophysics • Revealing the structure and forces of nature – CERN • Ground-based astronomy • European Southern Observatory • Square Kilometre Array • Space-based astronomy • European Space Agency • Bilaterals – NASA, JAXA, etc. • Nuclear physics • Nuclear Skills for - medicine, energy and environmental applications

12. We work with universities STFC funds university research projects and postgraduate training awards in astronomy, particle physics, space science and nuclear physics • Around 1,700 researchers in these disciplines based in UK universities and our labs • Provide universities with the opportunity to apply for contracts with major international science facilities • Our university partnerships and laboratories deliver our science programme University of Liverpool particle physics clean room

13. Our facilities drive research Neutron sources Providing powerful insights into key areas of energy, biomedical research, climate, environment and security. High-power lasers Providing applications on bioscience and nanotechnology and demonstrating laser driven fusion as a future source of sustainable, clean energy. Light sources Providing new breakthroughs inmedicine, environmental and materials science, engineering, electronics and cultural heritage.

14. Nurturing the wonder of science • Inspiring the next generation • Physics degree courses up ~32% since 2010, compared to overall decline • Investing in skills • £74m to support university groups deliver skills training to rolling cohort of 900 PhDs • ~half STFC’s PhDs continue in research that sustains UK’s scientific excellence • Developing industrial skills • Transfer knowledge/skills to industry through staff, researchers and collaborative programmes • Engaging people • 58 million people reached through PE schemes since 2009, e.g. Large Hadron Collider Roadshow and `Explore Your Universe’ have reached significant numbers

15. We excite, inspire, educate We deliver our programme through dedicated laboratory-based units, strategic investments with partners, funding support for PE practitioners, and through delivery consortia such as the ESERO-UK We provide support for teachers, scientists and communicators • Each year we typically engage with:  • 18,000 teachers  • 91,000 primary-age students • 243,000 secondary age students • 1.08M public 

16. Stay connected Fascination STFC’s digital in-house magazine, packed full of our latest, most exciting science and technology stories. www.stfc.ac.uk/fascination STFC Impact Report A showcase of how STFC science delivers real economic and societal benefits to the United Kingdom www.stfc.ac.uk/2550

17. www.stfc.ukri.org A new vision for new timesImpact through inspiration and innovation