Glossary of abbreviations
BCPG - Biology Chemistry Planning Group
BDM - Business Development Manager
BEG - Biology Enterprise Group
BGSB - Biology Graduate School Board
BoS - Board of Studies
BSF - Biological Services Facility
BUSB - Biology Undergraduate Studies Board
CII - Centre for Immunity and Infection
CLCF - Centre for Low Carbon Futures
CNAP - Centre for Novel Agricultural Products
DSG - Departmental Strategy Group
FEC - Full Economic Cost
FERA - Food and Environment Research Agency
LOLA - Longer and larger grant
HEFCE - Higher Education Funding Council for England
HYMS - Hull and York Medical School
KTP - Knowledge Transfer Partnership
pFACT - Project Financial Appraisal and Costing Tool
RPF - Research Priming Fund - Central University pump priming fund
REF - Research Excellence Framework (replacement for Research Assessment Exercise) - the assessment process for research according to which HEFCE research funds (QR) are allocated
RGC - Research Grants & Contracts Office
SAB - Science Advisory Board
SEF - Central University Strategic Equipment Fund
SEM - Scanning Electron Microscope
TF - Technology Facility
QR - Proportion of University's HEFCE funding allocation awarded for research, based on a research quality multiplier
YCCSA - York Centre for Complex Systems Analysis
YESI - York Environmental Sustainability Institute