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The Scottish Association For Marine Science
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SAMS is the UK's oldest independent marine science organisation delivering research, education and enterprise for a sustainable marine environment - The Scottish Association for Marine Science
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Net-zero beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BLVOS) drones for oceans
1 Jun 2024 to 31 May 2025
The oceans sector has a wide-ranging need for remote sensing capability. Uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAV) or drones can provide important monitoring, surveying, and data collection across many of the competition themes; specifically, alternative energy, aquaculture systems, seaweed cultivation and production, carbon capture and storage, and environmental mo...
Inspire Activity Line (Inspire)
1 Jan 2024 to 31 Dec 2025
The Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) is leading the delivery of short advanced professional education and entrepreneurship courses within the UK and EU sustainable and restorative food and aquaculture sectors. We lead on two key courses 1: INSPIRE Restorative Aquaculture and 2: Algal Biotechnology for Sustainable Food production. The Inspire...
Professional Development Programmes
1 Jan 2024 to 31 Dec 2025
The Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) is leading the delivery of short advanced professional education and entrepreneurship courses within the UK and EU sustainable and restorative food and aquaculture sectors. We lead on two key courses 1: INSPIRE Restorative Aquaculture and 2: Algal Biotechnology for Sustainable Food production. The Inspire...
MPA Europe
1 Jan 2023 to 30 Apr 2026
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EIT Food Activities 2023 - 04668 INSPIRE-AQ 2023
1 Jan 2023 to 31 Dec 2023
The Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) is leading the delivery of short advanced professional education and entrepreneurship courses within the UK and EU sustainable and restorative food and aquaculture sectors. We lead on two key courses 1: INSPIRE Restorative Aquaculture and 2: Algal Biotechnology for Sustainable Food production. The Inspire...
EIT Food Activities 2023 - 20161-23 Professional Development Programme
1 Jan 2023 to 31 Dec 2023
The Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) is leading the delivery of short advanced professional education and entrepreneurship courses within the UK and EU sustainable and restorative food and aquaculture sectors. We lead on two key courses 1: INSPIRE Restorative Aquaculture and 2: Algal Biotechnology for Sustainable Food production. The Inspire...
SUPPORTING EUROPEAN COASTAL REGIONS IN THEIR TRANSITION TO A SUSTAINABLE BLUE BIOECONOMY
1 Aug 2022 to 31 Jul 2025
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EIT Food Activities
1 Jan 2022 to 31 Dec 2022
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EIT Food Activities
1 Jan 2022 to 30 Jun 2022
DE-RISKING RAS - Developing best practice for RAS bio-filters: regular 'maintenance' dosing vs. seed only dosing
1 Oct 2020 to 30 Sep 2021
The Covid pandemic has shone a light on the need for shorter food supply chains. Currently 53% of food consumed in the UK is produced here, but we are a net importer of seafood. However, with marine fish stocks currently over fished, sustainable growth in UK seafood production as a key part of any Green Recovery will have to come from aquaculture. Recircu...
Binder2020
1 Oct 2020 to 31 Dec 2020
The seaweed sector is a huge global industry worth over $11billion per year, however it is still in relatively early stages of development in the UK and elsewhere in Europe. The industry in the UK has significant potential to deliver products for UK and international markets, from fresh seaweed for use in gourmet restaurants, to high-end pharmaceuticals, ...
AGRI-SATT - Agricultural Growth using Remote-sensing, IoT, Satellite and Autonomous Telecommand Technology
1 Sep 2020 to 28 Feb 2023
The AGRI-SATT programme combines newly available, high-resolution spatial and temporal satellite data with key environmental and algal productivity data to create an effective, scalable, protein and food production method on desert land. The objective of this growth methodology is to produce food and aquaculture feed with widely available natural nutrient...