Partner Organisations
Being located at Harwell places you alongside key national facilities and world-leading experts that work closely with industry.
The Science & Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
The STFC drives cutting edge science and technological research with an annual budget of over £500 million. It is dedicated to pioneering science and technological research on behalf of the UK. STFC resources at Harwell include: the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, RAL Space and the Central Laser Facility. Diamond Light Source, a cornerstone of Harwell, is owned by the STFC and Wellcome Trust.
Public Health England
Public Health England exists to protect and improve the nation’s health and wellbeing, and reduce health inequalities. This is done through world-class science, knowledge and intelligence, advocacy, partnerships and the delivery of specialist public health services. An executive agency of the Department of Health, it is a distinct delivery organisation with operational autonomy to advise and support government, local authorities and the NHS in a professionally independent manner.
Satellite Applications Catapult
The Satellite Applications Catapult’s world class facilities provide a range of open services. These include a satellite operations centre and a specialist Climate, Environment and Monitoring from Space (CEMS) facility that offers access to space-based climate change and Earth observation data and services, and cloud computing.
European Space Agency (ESA ECSAT)
The ESA’s mission is to shape, develop and grow Europe’s space capability. It coordinates the financial and intellectual resources of its members to undertake programmes and activities that are far beyond the scope of any single European country. ESA’s European Centre for Space Applications and Telecommunications (ECSAT) is located at Harwell.
Medical Research Council (MRC)
The MRC’s Harwell facility is home to a centre dedicated to genetics research. It supports pioneering science to improve the health of people in the UK and around the world.
UK Space Agency
The UK Space agency is responsible for all strategic decisions on the UK civil space programme and for ensuring that the UK retains and grows its strategic capability in space-based systems, technologies, science and applications. The ambition is to capture 10% of the global market for space by 2030 as set out in the Government’s Space Innovation and Growth Strategy. An executive agency of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, the UK Space Agency’s key objective is to create sustainable economic growth by supporting and promoting the UK space industry; as well as by inspiring the next generation of UK scientists and engineers, by creating scientific and industrial centres of space excellence in the UK.