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Award of Seafood Innovation Fund Call 4 R&D Grants by Cefas

Awarded 01 May 2023

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Awarded01 May 2023
Value£3,436,364.00
AgencyCefas
RegionUnited Kingdom
CategoryResearch & Development
Ended 2y ago1y 6mo term
Awarded 1 May 2023Expired 31 Oct 2024

Cefas awarded a contract to the Seafood Innovation Fund for the fourth call of the Seafood Innovation Fund, a UK Government programme under the Science and Innovation Pillar of the UK Seafood Fund, to support research and development activities securing the future of the seafood industries.

The open competition funded R&D projects up to 18 months long, with awards to Aqua Power Technologies Ltd (£235,200), East Coast Innovation Inc.

(£300,000), Fisheries Innovation Scotland (£364,909), Mara Seaweed Ltd (£273,370), Pulcea Ltd (£542,932), Robert Gordon University (£603,314), Sealand Projects Ltd (£246,000), University of Aberdeen (£358,929), The Roslin Institute (£151,033), and Western Fish Producers Association (£360,678), totaling £3,436,364.

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