| BBSRC | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
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| CSA | Chief Scientific Adviser
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| CSAC | Chief Scientific Adviser's Committee
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| CSR | Comprehensive Spending Review
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| CST | Council for Science and Technology
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| DETR | Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
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| DfEE | Department for Education and Employment
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| DfiD | Department for International Development
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| DTI | Department of Trade and Industry
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| IAH | Institute for Animal Health
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| GMO | Genetically Modified Organism
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| MAFF | Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
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| MoD | Ministry of Defence
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| MSG | Ministerial Science Group
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| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
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| OST | Office of Science and Technology
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| R&D | Research and Development
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| SBS | Save British Science
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| SEBG | Science and Engineering Base Group
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| SET | Science, Engineering and Technology
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| SMEs | Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
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| STP | Science and Technology Policy Division
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| TDST | Transdepartmental Science and Technology Group
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