South & West Faculty

Projects

Projects per year 2012 2018 2022 2027

• 1 Curtailed
• 32 Active
• 116 Finished

Projects per year

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  RDE463: Improving the quality of environmental impact data for food: supporting Food Data Transparency Partnership and development of company reporting and eco-labelling.

  March, M. (PI)

  30/06/24 → 31/03/25

  Project: Research

  • Environmental Impact 100%
  • Milk Production 100%
  • Milk Composition 100%
  • Cereal 50%
  • Foot 25%

• ColdZone: Developing more efficient milk bulk tank wash down procedure using Ozonated water technology

  Salavati, M. (PI) & Peyton, C. (Consultant)

  1/02/24 → 1/08/24

  Project: Research

  • Water Technology 100%
  • Disinfection 100%
  • Bulk Milk 100%
  • Tanks 100%
  • Processing Plant 50%

• Feasability study for development of methane yield breeding value in Welsh Hill flocks

  Lambe, N. (PI), McLean, K. (Technician) & Gordon, J. (Technician)

  8/01/24 → 31/03/25

  Project: Other

  • Breeding Value 100%
  • Flocks 100%
  • Methane 100%
  • Lamb 100%
  • Equipment 50%

• FastBreederAPI: Programmatic data transfer to EGENES for genomic evaluation of Dourie Farming herd

  Salavati, M. (PI) & Coffey, M. (CoI)

  1/11/23 → 1/05/24

  Project: Research

  • Herd 100%

• FLMS: Albasense: Development of a sensor system for farm level recording of methane emissions

  Hargreaves, P. (PI), Barraclough, R. (CoI) & McCubbin, I. (Technician)

  1/10/23 → 28/02/25

  Project: Research

  • Emissions 100%
  • Methane 100%
  • Farming System 25%
  • Farm Building 25%
  • Biological Sciences 25%

• RIFS: A Roadmap for delivering improved forage systems

  Newbold, J. (PI)

  8/09/23 → 29/02/24

  Project: Research

  • Nutritive Value 100%

• FAA Testing: FAA Group - PROFICIENCY TESTING SCHEME

  McCubbin, I. (Technician) & Dewhurst, R. (PI)

  1/08/23 → 31/05/24

  Project: Commercial

  • Whole Crop Silage 100%

• Remote Rural Hydrogen Production

  Newbold, J. (CoI) & Sparks, N. (PI)

  1/07/23 → 23/09/24

  Project: Research

  • Hydrogen Production 100%
  • Photovoltaics 100%
  • Renewable Energy 66%
  • Electrolyser 66%
  • Power Fluctuation 33%

• Sustainable Manufacturing of Low Carbon Vertical Farms from Bioresin for a Circular Bioeconomy

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

  1/07/23 → 31/07/24

  Project: Research

  • Sustainable Manufacturing 100%
  • Design Concept 100%
  • Bioeconomy 100%
  • Bioresins 100%
  • Building Product 50%

• PHYTO4METAL: Development of an integrated phytomining system for the recovery of metal nanoparticles from mine waste

  Novo, L. (PI), Gupta, V. K. (CoI) & Thakur, V. K. (CoI)

  15/02/23 → 14/02/25

  Project: Research

  • Mine Waste 100%
  • Biogas 50%

• Nitrogen cycling associated with food production from livestock

  Miller, G. (PI), Young, M. (CoI), Shaw, L. (Researcher) & Newbold, J. (Researcher)

  15/02/23 → 8/03/23

  Project: Research

• The fungal milk microbiome of dairy cattle and its implications on mastitis

  Ferguson, H. (PI), Lima, J. (CoPI), Pollock, J. (Researcher) & Cook, R. (PhD Student)

  15/02/23 → 15/08/24

  Project: Research

  • Microbiome 100%
  • Mastitis 100%
  • Bovine 100%
  • Mycobiome 66%
  • Cow 33%

• ULES: Ultra low emissions sheep

  Lambe, N. (PI), McLean, K. (Technician) & Gordon, J. (PI)

  1/02/23 → 31/07/23

  Project: Research

  • Flocks 100%
  • Methane 100%
  • Lamb 83%
  • Rams 41%
  • Sires 41%

• 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%

• 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%

• 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%

• 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%

• 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%

• 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%

• 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%

• 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%

• 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%

• 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%

• Review and evaluation of existing (or near-to-market) methane reducing feed additives and technologies, with associated (business and government) recommendations to deliver ‘best practice’, well-governed markets.

  Miller, G. (PI), Duthie, C.-A. (CoI), Newbold, J. (CoI) & Eory, V. (CoI)

  12/05/22 → 30/10/22

  Project: Research

  • Feed Supplements 100%
  • Feed Technology 100%
  • Feed Additives 100%
  • Methane 100%
  • Kelp 100%

• AANUE: Balancing amino acids to improve nitrogen use efficiency in dairy cows fed extensively fermented grass silage

  Newbold, J. (PI) & Dewhurst, R. (Project manager)

  1/05/22 → 30/09/22

  Project: Research

  • Dairy Cows 100%
  • Grass Silage 100%
  • Amino Acid 100%
  • Milk Protein 100%
  • Milk Protein Yield 50%

• Reviewing, assessing and critiquing the evidence base on muirburn to inform the development of a licensing approach in Scotland

  Holland, J. (PI), McCracken, D. (Researcher), Glendinning, J. (Researcher), Buckingham, S. (Researcher) & Pollock, M. (Researcher)

  6/04/22 → 14/06/22

  Project: Commercial

  • Base 100%

• EPIC IV: Scottish Government's Centre of Expertise on Animal Disease Outbreaks, 2022 - 2025 (EPIC IV)

  Toma, L. (CoI), Tongue, S. (CoI), Eze, J. (CoI), Hutchinson, I. (CoI), Stirling, J. (CoI), Rodrigues da Costa, M. (CoI), Lawton, S. (CoI), Denniston, J. (CoI), Berezowski, J. (CoI), Barnes, A. (PI), Sparks, N. (CoI) & Soliman, T. (Researcher)

  1/04/22 → 31/03/25

  Project: Research

  • Farm Animal 100%
  • Bovine 68%
  • Animal Health 40%
  • Feeds 40%
  • Greenhouse Gas 27%

• Synthesis and Characterization of Sustainable and Functional Materials for Advanced Applications

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

  30/03/22 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research

  • Automotives 100%
  • Advanced Manufacturing 100%
  • Durables 100%
  • Processing Technology 100%
  • Synthetic Polymer 100%

• D-flows: Data For Livestock Optimisations For Wiser Supply Chains

  Duthie, C.-A. (PI)

  Innovate UK

  1/01/22 → 30/06/23

  Project: Research

  • Farm Animal 100%
  • Dairy Calves 100%
  • Animal Welfare 100%
  • Environmental Performance 100%
  • Animal Health 100%

• REDD: South of Scotland Enterprise Grant Award for Business Innovation and Improvement

  Sparks, N. (PI)

  17/11/21 → 31/03/22

  Project: Research

• Sfc Uif 2021/22 Biorefining For A Sustainable Circular Economy: Strengthening Academic And Industrial Capacities

  Thakur, V. K. (PI)

  SFC GRANT

  1/11/21 → 31/07/22

  Project: Research

  • Metal-Organic Frameworks 100%
  • Biofiltration 100%
  • Wastewater Treatment 100%
  • Heavy Metal 100%
  • Electromagnetic Interference Shielding 100%

• Sefar Farm Tour Leadership And Co-operation

  Cole, L. (PI), Robertson, D. (CoI), Dewhurst, R. (CoI) & Burgess, P. (CoI)

  The James Hutton Institute

  5/10/21 → 30/11/21

  Project: Research

• Wastes to Plastics

  Gupta, V. K. (PI)

  1/10/21 → 30/06/22

  Project: Research

  • Organic Waste 100%
  • Zero Wastes 100%
  • Bioconversion 100%
  • Biorefining 100%
  • Microorganism 100%

• Assessing Scotland's Pollinator Strategy: A 'real-world' Approach

  Cole, L. (PI) & Walker, A. (PhD Student)

  University of Edinburgh

  1/10/21 → 31/03/25

  Project: PhD project

• CR/2021/03: Reducing emissions from agriculture – the role of new technologies

  Barnes, A. (PI), Eory, V. (CoI), Rees, B. (CoI), Newbold, J. (CoI), Duthie, C.-A. (CoI), Bowen, J. (CoI), Miller, G. (CoI) & Farquhar, J. (CoI)

  13/09/21 → 31/03/22

  Project: Research

  • Emissions 100%
  • Greenhouse Gas 50%
  • Feed Additives 25%
  • Methane 25%
  • Zero Emissions 12%

• FAA RING TEST: Forage Analysis Assurance Group - Proficiency Testing Scheme

  Dewhurst, R. (PI) & Bagnall, A. (CoI)

  1/08/21 → 31/08/22

  Project: Research

  • Forage Analysis 100%
  • Annuals 50%

• On SEFARI Scotland with the COP26

  Cole, L. (PI)

  1/06/21 → 31/12/21

  Project: Research

  • Climate Change 100%

• PAC: Portable Accumulation Chambers to measure greenhouse gas emissions in sheep

  Conington, J. (PI) & Lambe, N. (CoPI)

  21/05/21 → 20/05/22

  Project: Research

  • Methane 100%
  • Greenhouse Gas 100%
  • Equipment 62%
  • Rumen 25%
  • Rumen Microorganism 12%

• Methane-inhibiting livestock feed supplements: review of net impacts, barriers to success and consumer acceptance

  Duthie, C.-A. (PI), Newbold, J. (PI), Miller, G. (PI) & Vigors, B. (Researcher)

  8/02/21 → 8/08/21

  Project: Research

  • Methane 100%
  • Feed Supplements 66%
  • Livestock Feeds 66%
  • Beef Cattle 33%
  • Dairy Cattle 33%

• Scoping Study on the Opportunities and Barriers of Improved Forages for Livestock Sustainability and Productivity

  Watson, C. (PI), Newbold, J. (CoI) & Topp, K. (PI)

  1/02/21 → 30/09/21

  Project: Research

  • Farm Animal 100%
  • Forage Crop 33%
  • Clover 22%
  • Onobrychis viciifolia 16%
  • Feeds 16%

• GREENANIMO: STRENGTHENING RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CAPACITY FOR GRAZING LIVESTOCK MEAT PRODUCTION IN BULGARIA THROUGH ADVANCED KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER

  Haskell, M. (PI), Duthie, C.-A. (CoI), Roehe, R. (CoI) & Lambe, N. (CoI)

  5/01/21 → 31/08/22

  Project: Research

  • Meat Production 100%
  • Farm Animal 100%
  • Meat Quality 63%
  • Innovation Capacity 50%
  • Personnel 50%

• Sm@rt: Small Ruminant Technology

  Morgan-Davies, C. (PI)

  1/01/21 → 31/12/23

  Project: Research

  • Small Ruminant 100%
  • Small Ruminants 85%
  • Sheep 57%
  • Precision Agriculture 54%
  • Goat 39%

• Improving the efficiency of beef production through the use of precision farming technologies and machine learning techniques

  Duthie, C.-A. (PI)

  University of Edinburgh

  1/10/20 → 30/09/24

  Project: PhD project

• Novel approaches to improving calf health: new technology and data analytics

  Riley, B. (PhD Student), Haskell, M. (Supervisor), Dickinson, J. (Technician) & McCubbin, I. (Technician)

  14/09/20 → 31/08/24

  Project: PhD project

  • Feeding Behavior 100%
  • Birth Weight 82%
  • Dairy Breeds 70%
  • Milk Replacer 70%
  • Bovine Respiratory Disease 58%

• WWC: The Winter Wheat Challenge

  Bingham, I. (PI), Hilton, A. (CoI), Reynolds, A. (CoI) & Hoad, S. (CoI)

  1/09/20 → 31/10/22

  Project: Research

  • Common Wheat 100%
  • Decision Making 100%
  • Field Plots 50%
  • Fertilizer Rates 50%
  • Crop Management 50%

• Dairy Sensors: Identifying best sensor technologies to deliver verifiable health and welfare, environment and processing quality benefits for Dairy Products

  Dewhurst, R. (PI), Ferguson, H. (Researcher), Haskell, M. (CoI) & Shewbridge Carter, L. (Researcher)

  1/08/20 → 31/01/22

  Project: Research

  • Dairy Product 100%
  • Equipment 62%
  • Animal Welfare 41%
  • Cow 41%
  • Milk Yield 16%

• Smart sheep: Precision livestock farming and sustainable sheep production

  Morgan-Davies, C. (PI), McLaren, A. (Researcher) & Wishart, H. (Technician)

  1/08/20 → 31/01/22

  Project: Research

  • Precision Agriculture 100%
  • Sheep 80%
  • Precision Livestock Farming 80%
  • Electronic Identification 49%
  • Small Ruminants 40%

• SEFARI Virtual Farm Tours

  Cole, L. (PI), Dawson, L. (CoPI), Robertson, D. (PI) & Holland, J. (PI)

  1/07/20 → 30/11/21

  Project: Research

  • Earth 100%

• Developing analytical and advisory networks

  Dewhurst, R. (PI)

  Innovate UK

  1/07/20 → 30/06/23

  Project: Research

  • Milk Production 100%
  • Milk Quality 100%
  • Safety Standard 50%
  • Face 50%
  • Spectrometer 50%

• NZL: Carbon net zero & UK livestock systems

  Rees, B. (PI), Buckingham, S. (Researcher), Dewhurst, R. (Researcher), Sykes, A. (PI) & Bell, J. (PI)

  1/05/20 → 31/08/20

  Project: Research

  • Net Zero 100%
  • Farm Animal 100%
  • Land Use 50%