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The Scottish Association For Marine Science

UK company SC009292, incorporated on 18 December 1914.

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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

Company number
SC009292
Incorporated
18 Dec 1914
Companies House status
Active

Company identity

Founded / incorporated
18 December 1914

Company number SC009292

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Legal name
THE SCOTTISH ASSOCIATION FOR MARINE SCIENCE
Company type
PRIVATE-LIMITED-GUARANT-NSC
Region
Scotland
Registered address
Unknown
Insolvency history
No

Corporate ownership

Updated 07 Jul 2026 09:49

The Scottish Association For Marine Science
No active corporate controller recorded.

Company events

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3 events
18 Sep
2026

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18 Dec
1914

Incorporated

Inception

Company registered at Companies House

Public funding

18 awards
First funded
2012
Funded years
2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024
Age at first award
97 years

Projects

2024 Collaborative R&D

Net-zero beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BLVOS) drones for oceans

1 Jun 2024 to 31 May 2025

Awarded
£15,237
Total cost £15,237

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...

2024 EU-Funded Lead participant

Inspire Activity Line (Inspire)

1 Jan 2024 to 31 Dec 2025

Awarded
£152,602
Total cost £152,602

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...

2024 EU-Funded Lead participant

Professional Development Programmes

1 Jan 2024 to 31 Dec 2025

Awarded
£112,958
Total cost £112,958

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...

2023 EU-Funded Lead participant

MPA Europe

1 Jan 2023 to 30 Apr 2026

Awarded
£89,843
Total cost £89,843

no public description

2023 EU-Funded Lead participant

EIT Food Activities 2023 - 04668 INSPIRE-AQ 2023

1 Jan 2023 to 31 Dec 2023

Awarded
£72,966
Total cost £72,966

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...

2023 EU-Funded Lead participant

EIT Food Activities 2023 - 20161-23 Professional Development Programme

1 Jan 2023 to 31 Dec 2023

Awarded
£48,170
Total cost £48,170

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...

2022 EU-Funded Lead participant

SUPPORTING EUROPEAN COASTAL REGIONS IN THEIR TRANSITION TO A SUSTAINABLE BLUE BIOECONOMY

1 Aug 2022 to 31 Jul 2025

Awarded
£146,938
Total cost £146,938

no public description

2022 EU-Funded Lead participant

EIT Food Activities

1 Jan 2022 to 31 Dec 2022

Awarded
£136,951
Total cost £136,951

no public description

2022 EU-Funded Lead participant

EIT Food Activities

1 Jan 2022 to 30 Jun 2022

Awarded
£13,951
Total cost £13,951
2020 Collaborative R&D

DE-RISKING RAS - Developing best practice for RAS bio-filters: regular 'maintenance' dosing vs. seed only dosing

1 Oct 2020 to 30 Sep 2021

Awarded
£57,009
Total cost £57,009

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...

2020 Small Business Research Initiative Lead participant

Binder2020

1 Oct 2020 to 31 Dec 2020

Awarded
£54,832
Total cost £54,832

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, ...

2020 Collaborative R&D

AGRI-SATT - Agricultural Growth using Remote-sensing, IoT, Satellite and Autonomous Telecommand Technology

1 Sep 2020 to 28 Feb 2023

Awarded
£294,796
Total cost £294,796

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...

Product types

BIS-Funded Programmes Collaborative R&D EU-Funded Feasibility Studies Knowledge Transfer Partnership Small Business Research Initiative