Who we are and what we do

The goal of the NGS is to deliver a production quality national e-infrastructure in support of academic research across all Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) in the UK.
 
We provide core services and support activities to facilitate collaborative access to computing and data resources in support of UK researchers. Integrated with partner infrastructures in Europe (through EGEE and the future EGI), the USA, and elsewhere in the world, the NGS ensures that UK researchers can effectively and efficiently exploit facilities and collaborations across the world.
e-Infrastructure provision has been identified by the national ministers in the EU Competitiveness Council as crucial to the future leadership position of EU economies in a global market place. Over the past four years the NGS has established a leadership position in e-infrastructure provision for the UK internationally.
 
The NGS is funded by the JISC and EPSRC, is led by the STFC e-Science Department in conjunction with the University of Edinburgh, University of Manchester, University of Leeds (White Rose Grid Consortium), and the University of Oxford.