Policy Framework

What type of work does NMS fund

• Fundamental research into measurement;
• Development of new measurement techniques, procedures and instrumentation;
• Maintenance of primary national measurement standards;
• Provision of high-accuracy non-routine calibration and testing services;
• Provision of traceability in measurement through a pyramid of accreditation;
• Knowledge transfer activities to promote the wide uptake and exploitation of NMS outputs;
• Underpin regulation, for example, through type approval and control in the use of weighing machines and volume measurement equipment used in trade;
• Support for international activities, for example, management of international technical inter-comparisons.