Vision: England's Northwest will be renowned as an area of world-class scientific achievement, creating a magnet for talent and science investment, a powerful driver for innovation and enterprise, and an effective force for delivering benefits to health, the environment and society.

The region is rich in science, technology and talent. Its companies, universities, colleges and research institutions are home to people who are using science to create new businesses, develop better products and services, improve the environment, protect health and enhance quality of life.

The Northwest Science Council sets priorities and provides strategic guidance to the region to enable the Vision to be achieved.

This site provides a gateway to the rich array of resources available in the region. It contains the latest news from science companies and academia across the region, information on regional strengths, guidance on support mechanisms available and links many valuable resources. Reports and publications are also available.

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BBSRC 2010 Industrial CASE Studentships (ICS) competition: Call now open.  Industrial CASE Studentships are 4-year doctoral training grants for top quality bioscience graduates to undertake research (leading to a PhD) on a subject selected and supervised jointly by academic and industrial partners.  The call for proposals for this year's ICS competition is now live on the BBSRC website at: http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/business/training/industrial-case.aspx.  Deadline for submissions is 4pm, 28 July 2010.

Intellectual Property Office free booklet: "How Licensing Intellectual Property Can Help Your Business"

Visit our Strategy page to read more about the new Northwest Science Strategy 2007 - 2010

Watch the Northwest Science video (6.2mb) to see what the region offers.