Cambridge Centre for Crop Science | |
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Alternative names | 3CS |
General information | |
Type | Botany Research Centre |
Address | Cambridge, CB3 0LE |
Coordinates | [ ⚑ ] : 52°13′19″N 0°05′51″E / 52.222°N 0.0974°E |
Elevation | 20 m (66 ft) |
Completed | 2015 |
Inaugurated | 2015 |
Cost | £30m |
Client | University of Cambridge |
3CS or the Cambridge Centre for Crop Science is a research institute in Cambridgeshire involved with crop science and food security.[1]
The 3CS collaboration began in 2015, between the University of Cambridge's Department of Plant Sciences, National Institute of Agricultural Botany and the Sainsbury Laboratory.[2] The research institute received £16.9m funding in 2017 from the UK Research Partnership Investment Fund (UKRPIF)[3] from Research England (United Kingdom Research and Innovation or UKRI) to build a new 3CS laboratory, opening in 2020.
The Centre will be situated in the north-west of Cambridge, on the NIAB campus off Huntingdon Road. The field station will be built next to the jam factory at Histon.