Projects
We channel our resources into the areas that will benefit the Scottish aquaculture sector the most. The research we fund is geared towards meeting genuine needs and solving industry challenges.
Sign up to our Newsbites for project updatesPriority innovation areas
Our work is focused on catalysing and co-funding innovation in the areas identified by the industry as being genuine priorities. We call them our priority innovation areas – or PIAs for short.
Over the years, the industry’s priorities for innovation have evolved. Therefore, so too have our PIAs. This helps ensure that we continue to deliver maximum benefit from the combined investment being made.
Industry-academic collaborations
Some projects are small-scale ‘Rapid Response’ projects – so called because they have a project lifetime of less than one year. Others are longer-term, multi-partner collaborations of up to three and a half years. Each project unites industry know-how with specialist academic expertise; something that SAIC works hard to encourage by helping forge the connections necessary.