The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) works closely with a number of partner organisations, both nationally and internationally.
Key facts
The list of partners includes:
- CERN
- Diamond
- European Southern Observatory (ESO)
- European Space Agency (ESA)
- European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF)
- Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL)
- UK Space Agency
International collaborations
STFC also represents the UK in international collaborations to provide access to facilities, to plan future facilities strategy, to regulate international collaboration, or to foster international collaboration in strategic areas of research. These international collaborations include:
- Enabling Grids for e-Science (EGEE)
- EuroCRIS – (Current Research Information Systems)
- European Policy Management Authority for Grid Authentication (EUGridPMA)
- European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics (ERCIM)
- European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI)
Other collaborations
STFC also provides support and assistance to a range of other international science collaborations:
- Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East (SESAME)
- Tokai To Kamioka (T2K)
Last updated: 19 January 2026