Examples of groups on specialist research areas involving the Research Councils and other funders

1.  Bioenergy Funders Forum

2.  British National Space Centre - Earth Observation Programme Board

3.  e-Infrastructure Steering Group - Preservation and Curation Working Group

4.  Environmental Change Network

5.  Environment Research Funders Forum

6.  Environmental Sustainability and Energy Forum

7.  Forestry Research Co-ordination Committee

8.  Global Environmental Change Committee

9.  Global Environmental Research Committee

10.  Inter-Agency Committee on Marine Science and Technology

11.  Space Advisory Board

12.  Sustainable Development Research Network

13.  UK Biodiversity Research Advisory Group

14.  UK Space Board

15.  ETI (Energy Technologies Institute)

16.  ERP (Energy research Partnership)

17.  SAC (DEFRA Science Advisory Council)

18.  IET Science Forum

19.  PETeC (Plastics Electronics Technology Centre)

20.  Nanotechnology Research Coordination Group - chaired by DEFRA

21.  IST Directors forum (Information Systems Technology) - Directors from around Europe, representation shared with DTI (David Way).

22.  National Cancer Research Initiative (NCRI)

23.  The UK Collaborative for Development Science

24.  Ageing Research Funders' Forum

25.  SEERAD Strategic Science Advisory Panel

26.  UKCRC Strategic Priority Group in Microbial Infectious Disease

27.  Applied Research Forum for Farming and Food

28.  Endemic Disease Research Funders' Forum

29.  Microbiological Safety of Food Funders' Group

30.  Soils Research Advisory Committee

31.  Strategic Forum for Social Sciences (SFSS)

32.  Addiction Research and Information Working Group

33.  Anglo French Alliance in Tropical Medicine

34.  Autism Research Coordination Group

35.  Cardiovascular Research Funders Forum

36.  E-science Operations Group

37.  Funders Forum for Health Research in Developing Countries

38.  Funders Forum for Research on Ageing and Older People

39.  Global Forum Bioethics in Research

40.  Heads of International (Biomedical) Research Organisations

41.  High End Computing Terascale Resource HPB

42.  High Performance Computing

43.  Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI)

44.  Longitudinal Studies Overview Group

45.  Mental Health Research Funders Group

46.  National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research

47.  National Prevention Research Initiative

48.  Pandemic Influenza Research Funders Coordination Group

49.  Sexual Health and HIV Scientific Research Committee

50.  TSE Joint Funders Group

51.  UK Clinical Research Collaboration

52.  UK Stem Cell Funders Forum

53.  UK Data Forum