Quadram Institute Bioscience

Institute of Food Research[1][2]
The main entrance to Quadram Institute Bioscience
Quadram Institute Bioscience in Norwich
Predecessor Low Temperature Research Station (LTRS),
National Institute for Research in Dairying (NIRD)[2]
Formation 1968 (1968),
as the Food Research Institute (FRI)[2]
Founded at Norwich[2]
Registration no. Companies House: 03009972[3]
Charity Commission: 1058499[1][4]
Legal status Non-profit research institute and charity
Purpose Food research in the United Kingdom
Location
Region
United Kingdom, worldwide
Services Food science
Methods Research
Director
 Professor Ian Charles[5]
Board of Trustees Chairman
 Tim Brears[5]
Main organ
 IFR Board of Trustees[5]
Budget (2016)
£17,025,000[4]
Revenue (2016)
£15,176,000[4]
Staff (2016)
164[4]
Website quadram.ac.uk

The Institute of Food Research (IFR) transitioned into the Quadram Institute Bioscience in April 2017. This restructuring was in preparation for moving to the Quadram Institute which is being constructed in partnership with the University of East Anglia and Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital.

Foundation

The Institute of Food Research was created in 1968, when it was spread over four sites; the Meat Research Institute (MRI) at Langford near Bristol, the Food Research Institute (FRI) at Colney in Norwich, the National Institute for Research in Dairying (NIRD) in Shinfield near Reading, and the Long Ashton Research Station (food related departments only of the last two). At the end of 1990, the Meat Research Institute Bristol laboratory was closed, and in 1992, the National Institute for Research in Dairying Reading laboratory was moved onto the campus of the University of Reading. In 1998, it was decided that the Institute's activities should be consolidated in one location: Norwich, which was completed in September 1999.[2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Introducing IFR". IFR.ac.uk. Norwich: Institute of Food Research. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "A Short History of Food Research". IFR.ac.uk. Norwich: Institute of Food Research. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  3. ↑ "Companies House registration details for Company number 03009972". beta.CompaniesHouse.gov.uk. Companies House. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Charity overview - The Institute of Food Research". CharityCommission.gov.uk. Charity Commission. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  5. 1 2 3 "IFR Management and Governance". IFR.ac.uk. Norwich: Institute of Food Research. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
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