| APEG | Associate Parliamentary and Engineering Group |
| BERR | Department for Business and Regulatory Reform |
| CRD | Central Research Department (DfID) |
| CSA | Chief Scientific Adviser |
| CSAC | Chief Scientific Adviser's Committee |
| CSAIC | Chief Scientific Adviser's International Committee |
| CST | Council of Science and Technology |
| DEFRA | Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
| DFES | Department for Education and Skills |
| DFID | Department for International Development |
| DfT | Department for Transport |
| DGSI | Director General of Science and Innovation |
| DH | Department of Health |
| DHFETE | Department of Higher and Further Education, Employment and Training, Northern Ireland |
| DIUS | Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills |
| DSAC | Defence Scientific Advisory Council |
| DSTL | Defence Science and Technology Laboratory |
| FCO | Foreign and Commonwealth Office |
| FSA | Food Safety Agency |
| GM | Genetically modified |
| GOS Government Office of Science |
| HEFCE | Higher Education Funding Council of England |
| HEFCW | Higher Education Funding Council of Wales |
| ISTA | Independent Scientific and Technical Advice (MOD) |
| MOD | Ministry of Defence |
| NDPB | Non-Departmental Public Body |
| NESTA | National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts |
| P&SC | Parliamentary and Scientific Committee |
| PITCOM | Parliamentary Information Technology Committee |
| POST | Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology |
| RAE | Research Assessment Exercise |
| RSC | Royal Society of Chemistry |
| RTS | Research and Technology Strategy |
| R&D | Research and Development |
| SAC | Science Advisory Council |
| SCI | Ministerial Committee on Science Policy |
| SEBG | Science and Engineering Base Group |
| SET | Science, Engineering and Technology |
| SHEFC | Scotland Higher Education Funding Council |
| S&T | Science and Technology |
| SoS | Secretary of State |
| TDSTG | Trans Departmental Science and Technology Group |
| TSO | The Stationery Office |
