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Agricultural and Food Research Council (British research council)

 Organization

Staff Only

Dates

  • Usage: 1983 - 1994

Found in 32 Collections and/or Records:

File relating to a grant application to the Agricultural and Food Research Council for the project 'Factors that increase the efficiency of embryonic stem cell isolation', October 1991-August 1994

 File — Box CLX-A-1495: Series Coll-1320/2, Box: data_value_missing_87e81f2125de6c82d65c68b8b1a22ccc, Box: data_value_missing_80a43d56758ce1a4988783b9af471219
Identifier: Coll-1320/2/2/4
Scope and Contents Contains copies of draft grant application forms, referees' comments and related correspondence; Ian Wilmut's handwritten notes from discussions and meetings; papers concerning the AFRC Trangenic Animals Programme research review meeting (25-27 March 1991) and a copy of the proposed new UK patent application for 'TNT Cells for Nuclear Transfer' (August 1994). Also contains application forms and correspondence relating to 'Cell cycle and commitment in mammalian embryos' and 'Transcriptional...
Dates: October 1991-August 1994
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Ian Wilmut / Research / Papers relating to grants and funding

File relating to a grant application to the Agricultural and Food Research Council for the project 'Study of the early embryonic development of farm animals and its application to the isolation of embryonal stem cell lines', January 1991-February 1992

 File — Box CLX-A-1495: Series Coll-1320/2, Box: data_value_missing_e63469c4bb32cebc300ced3a2c07ef0d, Box: data_value_missing_598e4273176e2e1cb8b865935b21407b
Identifier: Coll-1320/2/2/3
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Contains copies of draft and completed grant application forms for various scientific projects, with related papers, including correspondence and reports to funding bodies. Proposed projects include research on stem cells, cloning, transgenics and animal embryology.

Dates: January 1991-February 1992
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Ian Wilmut / Research / Papers relating to grants and funding

File relating to a survey of the Edinburgh Research Station buildings by the AFRC , April-May 1988

 File
Identifier: EUA IN23/3/5/9
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: April-May 1988
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of Roslin Institute and predecessor institutions / Records of the Edinburgh Research Station of the Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics Research (IAPGR-ERS) / Estates and Buildings Management

File relating to AFRC Management Audit Unit staff inspections, 1986-1993

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

Contains chiefly correspondence between IAPGR-ERS and AFRC concerning: staff inspections, terms of reference, review of Science Group posts, fluid-graded posts review, including IAPGR-ERS responses to inspection reports.

Dates: 1986-1993
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of Roslin Institute and predecessor institutions / Records of the Edinburgh Research Station of the Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics Research (IAPGR-ERS) / Governance / Visiting groups, audits and reviews

File relating to AFRC New Initiatives funding , 1985-1987

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

Contains correspondence, notes and grant application forms.

Dates: 1985-1987
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of Roslin Institute and predecessor institutions / Records of the Poultry Research Centre (PRC) / Financial Management / Grants and funding

File relating to an agreement and dispute between the IAPGR and the University of Glasgow with ICI/Prudential relating to transgenic chicken work , 1988-1993

 File
Identifier: EUA IN23/3/4/1/9
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: 1988-1993
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of Roslin Institute and predecessor institutions / Records of the Edinburgh Research Station of the Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics Research (IAPGR-ERS) / Legal Records / Contracts and agreements

File relating to land boundaries feued by the AFRC at King's Buildings, 1962-1989

 File
Identifier: EUA IN23/1/4/6/1
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence chiefly between ABRO and solictors, architects and the Secretary of Scotland regarding land boundaries at King's Buildings feued by the AFRC, including: the construction and use of a car park; the University's purchase of the Poultry Research Centre; construction of the Bioscot building (including plans and elevations) and issues concerning the boundary between the Bioscot building and the Neuropathogenesis Unit.

Dates: 1962-1989
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of Roslin Institute and predecessor institutions / Records of the Animal Breeding Research Organisation (ABRO) / Estates and Building Management / University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings site

File relating to meetings of the AFRC Review of Institute Commercial Units, 1992-1993

 File
Identifier: EUA IN23/3/1/10
Scope and Contents

Also contains papers relating to the Database Review Group, including record input forms of the AFRC Commercial Activities Database.

Dates: 1992-1993
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of Roslin Institute and predecessor institutions / Records of the Edinburgh Research Station of the Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics Research (IAPGR-ERS) / Governance

File relating to project progress reporting to the AFRC and MAFF, 1990-1993

 File
Identifier: EUA IN23/3/3/8
Scope and Contents

Contains memoranda concerning Office of Science and Technology-funded programmes, programme numbers and progress reports. Also contains a copy of Cambridge Research Station's current research programme 1991-1992.

Dates: 1990-1993
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of Roslin Institute and predecessor institutions / Records of the Edinburgh Research Station of the Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics Research (IAPGR-ERS) / Financial Management

File relating to successful AFRC funding awards, 1990-1994

 File
Identifier: EUA IN23/3/3/1/14
Scope and Contents Contains papers relating to: 'The molecular control of cell proliferation in animals genetically divergent in growth' (G. Bulfield); 'Biochemical and functional characterisation of the bovine major histocomptibility complex Class II molecules' (R.L. Spooner); 'Genetic ablation of gonadotroph cells in transgenic rats' (A.J. Clark); 'Transcription factors and the regulation of gene expression in the differentiating mammary gland' (C. Watson); 'Molecular neurobiology on the onset of puberty'...
Dates: 1990-1994
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of Roslin Institute and predecessor institutions / Records of the Edinburgh Research Station of the Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics Research (IAPGR-ERS) / Financial Management / Grants and funding