Crop Science Centre

Crop Science Centre
Location within Cambridgeshire
Alternative names	3CS
General information
Type	Botany Research Centre
Address	Cambridge, CB3 0LE
Coordinates	[ ⚑ ] : 52°13′19″N 0°05′46″E / 52.22205408°N 0.096129957°E / 52.22205408; 0.096129957
Elevation	20 m (66 ft)
Completed	2015
Inaugurated	2015
Cost	£30m
Client	University of Cambridge

The Crop Science Centre (informally known as 3CS during its planning) is an alliance between the University of Cambridge and National Institute of Agricultural Botany (NIAB).

History

The Crop Science Centre development plans began in 2015, between the University of Cambridge's Department of Plant Sciences, NIAB (National Institute of Agricultural Botany) and the Sainsbury Laboratory.^[1] The research institute received £16.9m funding in 2017 from the UK Research Partnership Investment Fund (UKRPIF)^[2] from Research England (United Kingdom Research and Innovation or UKRI) to build a new state-of-the-art building, designed exclusively for crop research, which opened on the 1st October 2020.

Structure

The Crop Science Centre is based at NIAB's Lawrence Weaver Road HQ site in Cambridge.

References

External links

• www.cropsciencecentre.org

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