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Agricultural and Food Research Council (British research council)

 Organization

Dates

  • Usage: 1983 - 1994

Found in 32 Collections and/or Records:

AFRC 'Dear Secretary' letters , 1990-1994

 File
Identifier: EUA IN23/3/2/2/1
Scope and Contents

The letters concern a variety of matters, including health, recruitment and the completion of annual complement forms. Also contains internal memoranda and other correspondence.

Dates: 1990-1994

AFRC memoranda regarding staffing reductions , 1985-1987

 File
Identifier: EUA IN23/2/6/5
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Fonds:

Comprises administrative, financial, personnel and estates records of the PRC, as well as reports, publications and visitors books. These files are chiefly those of the PRC Secretary, Alistair Menzies. There is a very limited amount of research material.

Dates: 1985-1987

Agricultural and Food Research Council memoranda relating to staff promotion procedures , 1983-1984

 File
Identifier: EUA IN23/2/6/3
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Fonds:

Comprises administrative, financial, personnel and estates records of the PRC, as well as reports, publications and visitors books. These files are chiefly those of the PRC Secretary, Alistair Menzies. There is a very limited amount of research material.

Dates: 1983-1984

Agricultural and Food Research Council reports, 1987-1990

 File
Identifier: EUA IN23/3/1/6
Scope and Contents

Contains: Index of Agricultural and Food Research (1986-1987); IAPGR Animals Programmes Progress Reports (1988-1989); IAPGR-ERS Programme Units and Progress Reports (1987-1988, 1988-1989); Programme of Agricultural and Food Research Vol. 2, IAPGR (1987-1988, 1988-1989); Programme of Agriculture and Food Research, Vol. 6, IGAP (1987-1988, 1988-1989), and AFRC Programme Unit and Research Objective Titles (1989-1990).

Dates: 1987-1990

Director's file relating to AFRC Visiting Groups' reports and Institute responses, 1987-1993

 File
Identifier: EUA IN23/3/1/2/4
Scope and Contents

Contains a copy of the report of the 1987 Visiting Group, a copy of the director's comments from the 1988 Visiting Group to Babraham and papers relating to the February 1992 Visiting Group, including the director's response.

Dates: 1987-1993

Director's file relating to the Agricultural and Food Research Council Visiting Groups for 1985, 1987 and 1989, 1985-1989

 File
Identifier: EUA IN23/1/1/3
Scope and Contents

Contains: correspondence between Roger Land and the Agricultural and Food Research Council; a copy of the report of the 1985 Visiting Group and ABRO's response to the Council; a timetable for the 1987 Visiting Group; and Mid-Term reports from the 1989 Visiting Group.

Dates: 1985-1989

Directory of the Libraries of the Agricultural and Food Research Service, 1992

 Item
Identifier: EUA IN23/3/2/5/4
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Fonds:

Comprises records of IAPGR-ERS which relate to governance, administration, finance, legal, estates, human resources, external relations, events and publicity. Also contains some research data. Most of the files are from the Secretary's office, although there are some from the Head of Station and individual scientists.

Dates: 1992

File concerning a grant application to the Agricultural and Food Research Council for the project 'Early transcription events during ES cell differentiation', November 1987-April 1992

 File — Box CLX-A-1494: Series Coll-1320/2, Box: data_value_missing_96533e11ea8d1c358d017ce425319c01, Box: data_value_missing_1f2e02aebc4246526a2102657246fedf
Identifier: Coll-1320/2/2/1
Scope and Contents

Contains: photocopies of grant applications and related correspondence; Ian Wilmut's handwritten notes from discussions and meetings, reprints of scientific papers, photographs of cells taken through a microscope and a copy of reports from the AFRC "Stem Cell Molecular Biology" workshop (5-7 April 1992).

Dates: November 1987-April 1992

File of AFRC memoranda and guidance concerning financial procedures, 1978-1988

 File
Identifier: EUA IN23/2/3/3
Scope and Contents

Topics covered include prevention of fraud, theft and corruption, accounting, contingent liabilities, superannuation, capital works reporting and bench fees. Also contains a 1978 'Guide on Accounting and Financial Procedures for the Use of Institutes and Units.'

Dates: 1978-1988

File of copies of completed AFRC grant application forms for various projects , 1990-1993

 File
Identifier: EUA IN23/3/3/1/11
Scope and Contents Proposed projects include: 'To identify genetic markers linked to susceptibility to or progression of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) (R.L. Spooner); 'The role of growth factors in chicken embryonic growth and development' (D. Burt); 'Investigation of social relationships in group-housed sows, the causes and alleviation of aggression' (C. Petherick); 'Role of right cerebral hemisphere in assessment of novelty: fear and boredom in domestic fowl' (B. Jones) and 'Factors that increase...
Dates: 1990-1993