Scotland's Rural College

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Projects per year 2012 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2031

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• 5 Not started
• 175 Active
• 629 Finished

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  Integrating finance and biodiversity for a nature positive future

  Rudman, H. (PI), Reed, M. (PI), McCarthy, J. (Researcher) & Boyd, I. (Researcher)

  3/01/23 → 31/03/24

  Project: Research

  • Research and Development 100%
  • Survey Respondent 50%

• CO-ORDINATION OF INTEGRATED LAND MANAGEMENT PLANS, SPECIALIST ADVICE PLANS AND A FINAL REPORT FOR SCOTLAND’S NINE MONITOR FARMS

  Williams, K. (PI)

  2/01/23 → 31/05/23

  Project: Consultancy

  • Land Management 100%
  • Economic Sustainability 50%
  • Social Sustainability 50%
  • Environmental Sustainability 50%
  • Meat Quality 50%

• Diageo: Avoidance and Reduction Interventions Proposal

  Murphy, S. (PI)

  1/01/23 → 31/03/23

  Project: Consultancy

  • Mathematical Model 100%
  • Reduction 100%

• VitroChick: In vitro digestibility - reducing animal use whilst meeting the demand to evaluate alternative proteins

  Houdijk, J. (PI) & Hussein, M. A. (CoI)

  1/01/23 → 31/12/24

  Project: Research

  • In Vitro Digestibility 100%
  • Digestibility 50%

• Spatial environmental reporting. SEFARI Fellowship with RESAS - Farm Business Survey

  Soliman, T. (PI)

  1/01/23 → 13/12/23

  Project: Research

  • Farm 100%
  • Survey 100%
  • Business 100%
  • Evaluation 100%
  • Policy 100%

• UK cattle abattoir AMR survey - PATH-SAFE/VMD

  Tongue, S. (PI), Foster, G. (CoI), Webster, C. (Technician), Henry, M. (Project manager), Rodrigues da Costa, M. (Researcher), Stirling, J. (Researcher), Eze, J. (Researcher), Humphry, R. (Researcher), Nale, J. (Researcher) & Baughan, J. (Project manager)

  1/01/23 → 30/09/24

  Project: Research

  • Slaughterhouse 100%

• Supporting an evidence-based approach for SG engagement on the development of approaches to measure biodiversity

  McVittie, A. (PI), Rudman, H. (CoI), Cole, L. (CoI) & Ramsey, R. (CoI)

  6/12/22 → 31/03/23

  Project: Research

  • Biodiversity 100%
  • Approach 100%
  • Ecosystem 33%
  • Recommendation 33%
  • Scotland 33%

• RDE137: Managing the Quality of Organic Matter (OM) inputs to enhance Microbial Biomass and Activity

  Watson, C. (PI), Fraser, F. (CoI) & Topp, K. (CoI)

  5/12/22 → 28/03/23

  Project: Research

  • Microbial Activity 100%
  • Microbial Biomass 100%
  • Necromass 33%
  • Microorganism 33%
  • Nutrient Management 16%

• Research with Supply-Side Actors in Scotland’s Peatland Natural Capital Markets

  Stevens, B. (PI), Reed, M. (PI), Merrell, I. (Researcher), Glendinning, J. (Researcher), Rudman, H. (CoI), Salter, F. (CoI) & Botero Degiovanni, H. (Researcher)

  28/11/22 → 31/05/23

  Project: Research

  • Focus Group 100%
  • Natural Capital 100%

• Development of high-value bio-products from wild-harvested and farmed Scottish seaweed

  Thakur, V. K. (CoPI), Powell, W. (PI) & Gupta, V. K. (CoPI)

  21/11/22 → 22/05/23

  Project: Research

  • Biorefining 100%
  • Bioactive Compound 100%
  • Biopolymer 50%
  • Feeds 50%
  • Seaweed Products 50%

• Methane mitigating feed additives potential (Missing 40% project)

  Miller, G. (PI)

  11/11/22 → 13/01/23

  Project: Research

• FEC Check

  Lamont, K. (PI)

  Moredun Research Institute

  1/11/22 → 31/03/23

  Project: Research

• Self-charging biocompatible supercapacitors for enabling on-time and efficient drug delivery for chronic diseases

  Thakur, V. K. (PI) & Gupta, V. K. (CoPI)

  1/11/22 → 30/10/24

  Project: Research

  • Chronic Disease 100%
  • Chitosan 100%
  • Cardiovascular System Cancer 50%
  • Cardiovascular Disease 50%
  • Therapeutic Window 50%

• BiochemAgrar-Syngenta Maxim Label Extension 2023

  Jessiman, I. (PI)

  1/11/22 → 31/03/23

  Project: Consultancy

• Insect farming as a future solution to sustainable agri-food systems in Scotland: A roadmap development

  Tiwasing, P. (PI) & Pate, L. (CoI)

  1/11/22 → 31/03/23

  Project: Research

  • Feeds 100%
  • Insect Farming 75%
  • Edible Insects 33%
  • Value-Added Product 8%
  • Farm Animal 8%

• Harnessing the benefits and potential of Hemp within a Scottish context: Towards a sustainable circular economy

  Thakur, V. K. (PI)

  1/11/22 → 31/07/23

  Project: Research

  • Hemp 100%
  • Bioenergy 66%
  • Renewable Energy Resource 66%
  • Circular Economy 66%
  • Renewable Resource 66%

• RDE079 Sublot 8.2: Animal Welfare Implication of use of Precision Breeding Techniques

  Haskell, M. (PI), Dwyer, C. (PI) & Li, B. (PI)

  24/10/22 → 31/05/23

  Project: Research

  • Animal Welfare 100%
  • Pig 66%
  • Breed 44%
  • Case Study 44%
  • Salmo salar 33%

• Knowledge exchange pack for methane, GWP and methane suppressing feed products

  Miller, G. (PI) & Duthie, C.-A. (CoI)

  17/10/22 → 9/01/23

  Project: Research

  • Feeds 100%
  • Methane 100%
  • Farm Animal 33%

• The impacts of selenium sources on blood and milk selenium levels in lactating cattle

  Ferguson, H. (PI)

  14/10/22 → 28/02/23

  Project: Commercial

  • Bovine 100%
  • Selenomethionine 100%
  • Sodium Selenite 50%

• RDE064 Sublot 2.2 Improving Animal Health - Exploring GHG Mitigation Pathways

  Barnes, A. (PI), MacLeod, M. (CoPI) & Rodrigues da Costa, M. (Researcher)

  10/10/22 → 10/04/23

  Project: Research

  • Sheep 100%
  • Pig 75%

• RDE Framework Lot 6.3 : Traceability in the UK Seafood chain

  Burns, N. (PI)

  10/10/22 → 10/04/23

  Project: Research

  • United Kingdom 100%
  • Traceability 100%
  • Seafood 50%
  • Food Safety 50%
  • Environmental Impact Assessment 33%

• Solway Firth SAC marine Natural Capital and Ecosystem Assessment

  Stevens, B. (Project manager)

  3/10/22 → 31/03/23

  Project: Consultancy

• Elucidating temporal-spatial patterns in lignocellulose degradation by morphologically distinct anaerobe gut fungi

  van Munster, J. (PI)

  1/10/22 → 30/09/24

  Project: Research

  • Anaerobe 100%
  • Morphology 100%
  • Morphotype 20%
  • Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry 10%
  • Surface Property 10%

• Agrecalc carbon reporting for WDF Ltd dairy supply group

  Sellars, A. (CoI), Bell, J. (PI) & Blackmore, P. (CoI)

  1/10/22 → 31/05/23

  Project: Consultancy

• Follow on Funding: ODA Biosmart

  Barnes, A. (PI) & Sepulveda, I. (Researcher)

  1/10/22 → 31/03/23

  Project: Research

  • Silvopastoral Systems 100%
  • Farm Animal 60%
  • Agroforestry 50%
  • Sweep Nets 50%
  • Hemiptera 50%

• PHC2021/06: A targeted analysis of the impact of insecticide withdrawals in Scotland

  Bowsher-Gibbs, M. (PI)

  8/09/22 → 30/11/22

  Project: Consultancy

• Agrecalc Licences/Support/Training

  Bell, J. (PI) & Blackmore, P. (Project manager)

  1/09/22 → 30/08/23

  Project: Consultancy

• Fasque Woodland Carbon Code Validation

  Law, B. (PI)

  1/09/22 → 30/09/22

  Project: Consultancy

  • Tenants 100%
  • Landowner 100%
  • Scheme 50%
  • Lowlands 50%

• Vitamin D in horses

  Morgan, R. (PI)

  1/09/22 → 31/08/23

  Project: Research

• Tackling tick-borne disease in Tanzania with low-cost animal sensing (TBD)

  Duthie, C.-A. (PI) & Ferguson, H. (CoI)

  1/09/22 → 31/08/23

  Project: Research

  • Tick-Borne Disease 100%
  • Breed 28%
  • Ear Tags 14%
  • Acaricide 14%
  • East Coast Fever 14%

• Ovine Respiratory Disease: A Pathway to Prevention

  Seaton, A. (PI)

  1/09/22 → 6/08/23

  Project: Research

  • Sheep 100%
  • Veterinary Clinic 50%

• White paper on links between intestinal integrity scores and production and welfare outcomes in broilers

  Houdijk, J. (PI), Hussein, M. A. (PI) & Mucha, S. (PI)

  15/08/22 → 28/10/22

  Project: Research

  • Broiler Chicken 100%
  • Pig 50%

• Modular workflow for the community-led development of custom livestock DNA methylation arrays

  Coffey, M. (PI)

  1/08/22 → 31/08/24

  Project: Research

  • DNA Methylation 100%
  • Epigenetics 28%
  • Smoking 14%
  • DNA Sequence 14%
  • Bovine 14%

• Optimisation of on-farm technologies to predict health and resilience in dairy calves

  Mason, C. (PI)

  1/08/22 → 1/08/23

  Project: Research

  • Predictive Accuracy 100%
  • Dairy Calves 100%
  • Comparative Evaluation 75%
  • Decision Support System 50%
  • Social Network 50%

• Altcalf2: Strategic grouping of dairy-bred calves

  Bell, D. (PI), Mason, C. (CoPI), Duthie, C.-A. (CoPI) & Haskell, M. (CoPI)

  1/08/22 → 28/02/23

  Project: Research

  • Rearing 100%
  • Dairy Breeds 80%
  • Liveweight Gain 13%

• Climate change, the land-based labour market and rural land use in Scotland - an evidence assessment

  Atterton, J. (PI) & Tiwasing, P. (CoI)

  25/07/22 → 15/12/22

  Project: Research

  • Rural Labour Market 100%
  • Land Use 100%
  • Labor Market 100%

• Knowledge Transfer and Innovation Fund Innovation Project: Trustable IoT sensors

  Rudman, H. (PI), Mayfield, P. (Researcher), McCracken, D. (CoI) & Holland, J. (CoI)

  1/07/22 → 31/03/23

  Project: Research

  • Knowledge Transfer 100%

• Dairy Resilience: Predicting and enhancing lifetime resilience in dairy cattle

  Dewhurst, R. (PI), Mason, C. (CoI), March, M. (Researcher), Green, M. J. (PI), Bradley, A. (CoI), Forde, N. (CoI) & Shewbridge Carter, L. (Researcher)

  1/07/22 → 30/06/23

  Project: Research

  • Dairy Cattle 100%

• An Integrated Parasite Control Framework for Ruminants

  Pearce, M. (PI), Beechener, S. (Researcher) & Fox, N. (CoI)

  1/07/22 → 30/06/23

  Project: Research

  • Parasite 100%
  • Ruminant 100%
  • Nematode 100%
  • Parasite Control 100%
  • Bovine 66%

• Challenge Based Molecular Tracking (MolTrack) Molecules to Landscapes

  Holden, N. (PI), Watson, C. (CoI) & Russell, W. (PI)

  1/07/22 → 30/07/23

  Project: Research

  • Food Supply 100%
  • Malnutrition 16%

• Rapid Evidence Assessments - Assessment of practices to reduce post-weaning diarrhoea in pigs

  Rodrigues da Costa, M. (PI), Nale, J. (CoPI), Botero Degiovanni, H. (CoPI) & Beechener, S. (CoPI)

  27/06/22 → 11/11/22

  Project: Research

  • Pig 100%
  • Post-Weaning Diarrhea 75%
  • Zinc Oxide 50%
  • Feed Additives 7%
  • Pig Production 5%

• Carry-over Effect Of Enhanced Amino Acid Nutrition Of Dairy Cows In Very Early Lactation

  Newbold, J. (PI)

  15/06/22 → 30/06/24

  Project: PhD project

  • Inga 100%
  • Early Lactation 100%
  • Dairy Cows 100%
  • Amino Acid 100%

• KTIF (Knowledge Transfer and Innovation Fund) Innovation Project: LiDAR Farm Carbon Storage

  Sheehan, M. (PI) & Murphy, S. (CoPI)

  1/06/22 → 31/03/23

  Project: Consultancy

  • Carbon Sink 100%
  • Carbon Sequestration 100%
  • Soil Carbon 62%
  • Aboveground Biomass 37%
  • Land Use 37%

• Farm Sense - detecting the behaviour and odour signatures of pig health and welfare

  D'Eath, R. (PI), Baxter, E. (CoPI) & Jack, M. (Technician)

  Innovate UK

  1/06/22 → 31/05/24

  Project: Research

  • Pig 100%
  • Tail 25%
  • Animal Production 12%
  • Circovirus 12%
  • Computer Vision 12%

• 34614: Tender for Animal Health and Welfare, Productivity and Sustainability Impacts of Housed Cattle

  Shewbridge Carter, L. (PI), Bowen, J. (CoI), Haskell, M. (CoI), Duthie, C.-A. (CoI), Turner, S. (CoI) & Miller, G. (CoI)

  1/06/22 → 31/05/23

  Project: Research

  • Climate Change 100%
  • Animal Health 100%

• Enhancing the efficacy and ease of application of existing endemic livestock disease vaccines via novel adjuvants and delivery systems

  Beechener, S. (PI)

  1/06/22 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research

  • Adjuvant 100%
  • Vaccine Efficacy 100%
  • Infectious Agent 66%
  • Vaccination Policy 16%

• QBA: Public and Industry Engagement with the QBA animal welfare mobile app

  Wemelsfelder, F. (PI)

  1/06/22 → 31/03/23

  Project: Research

  • Food Supply 100%

• Management of post-weaning diarrhoea and the implications for AMR in response to the upcoming ban on zinc supplementation in pigs

  Beechener, S. (PI)

  31/05/22 → 30/05/23

  Project: Research

  • Post-Weaning Diarrhea 100%
  • Pig 100%
  • Antimicrobial Resistance 100%
  • Zinc Oxide 11%

• Development of a Sustainable Land Use Management Plan

  Smillie, R. (PI)

  31/05/22 → 31/03/23

  Project: Consultancy

• Biochar Additions to Grassland and Arable crops

  Hargreaves, P. (PI) & Dewhurst, R. (CoI)

  17/05/22 → 31/01/25

  Project: Commercial

  • Biochar 100%
  • Crops 100%
  • Crop 100%
  • Soil Quality 33%
  • Quality 33%