Most postdoctoral work is funded by the research councils.

大部分的博士后的工作都是由研究会资助的。

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NERC is one of the seven research councils which fund and manage scientific research in the UK.

NERC是英国资助和管理科学研究的7个研究委员会之一。

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Our members also rely heavily on support from the national research councils, European programmes and other funding agencies;

中心的研究者经费很大程度还是来自国家研究委员会，欧洲计划和其他的基金组织。

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There are seven government-funded research councils offering a variety of grants which can pay post graduate study fees in full .

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Scientists would though still have to go through the usual channels of winning grants from the Research Councils to support their experiments.

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As well as receiving funding from various research councils, there could be a strong case for channelling assets seized from drug-related crime, the UKDPC suggested.

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