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Mass-flowering crops: cost or benefit to bumblebees and wild flower pollination?
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Funded by: Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
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Changes in dissolved organic carbon in small catchments
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Funded by: Natural Environment Research Council
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Further Development of River Macrophyte WFD Tool - River Variability Module
PI: Professor Nigel Willby
Funded by: Environment Agency
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Palaeoenvironmental Reconstruction of Mesolithic Orkney evidence from Stronsay
PI: Dr Eileen Tisdall
Funded by: Orkney College
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Visualisation tools for effective face image matching
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Funded by: Department for Business, Innovation & Skills
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Strategies to manage toxic cyanobacterial blooms in lakes: remote sensing, modelling and cost benefit analysis
PI: Professor Andrew Tyler
Funded by: Natural Environment Research Council
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Human Impact of Cyanobactira in the fresh water environment.
PI: Professor Andrew Tyler
Funded by: Natural Environment Research Council
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The Nature, distribution and significance of carbon soils.
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Funded by: Natural Environment Research Council
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A pilot study of psychological factors affecting adherence to disease modifying treatments for multiple sclerosis
PI: Nicola Gray
Funded by: Chief Scientist Office
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A late glacial to modern palaeoenvironmental history for the Dounreay site area, reconstructed from a peat core from the Shebster Basin
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Funded by: British Geological Survey
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European Health Psychology Society 23rd Annual Conference 2009
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Funded by: The British Academy
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GB Sasakawa Foundation Travel Grant
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Funded by: The Great British Sasakawa Foundation
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Disentangling the work memory impairment in children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and oppositional behaviour problems
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Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council
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Evolutionary Responses to Multiple Human-Induced Stresses
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Funded by: The Leverhulme Trust
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The Immune System and Senescence: Why do we age?
PI: Professor Matthew Tinsley
Funded by: Royal Society
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A Functional Perspective on Long Term Changes in Macrophyte Communities in British Lakes
PI: Professor Nigel Willby
Funded by: Broads Authority, Environment Agency and Natural England
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Mathematical analysis of structured population models for Wolbachia infections
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Funded by: The Carnegie Trust
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Casual Modelling of Mobility Disability.
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Funded by: Medical Research Council
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BENEFISH
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Funded by: European Commission (Horizon 2020)
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Research and development of stock management strategies to optimise growth potential on ongrowing of marine fish
PI: Professor Herve Migaud
Funded by: Scottish Aquaculture Research Forum
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Decision making for people with dementia and caregivers.
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Funded by: Joseph Rowntree Foundation
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Lifestyle and coping survey in Northern Ireland
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Funded by: Department of Health
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Novel narrow bandwidth lighting technology in cod farming and its impact on performance from early stages to adult fish
PI: Professor Herve Migaud
Funded by: Intravision Group
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Development and Delivery of Communication Skills and Behavioural Change Course for Health Professionals in Diabetes Care
PI: Professor Vivien Swanson
Funded by: NHS Grampian
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Sustaining a great Ape Health Program in Lope National Park Gabon
PI: Ms Kathryn Jeffery
Funded by: U.S Fish and Wildlife Service
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Suicide Prevention Skills Training - Identifying Contributory Prior Learning
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Funded by: NHS Health Scotland
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Biocomplexity in the dry valleys
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Funded by: Royal Society
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A study of the prospects and opportunities for Shellfish Farming in Scotland
PI: Mr John Bostock
Funded by: Scottish Government
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Japanese Maternal Mental state talk and theory of mind development
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Funded by: The Carnegie Trust
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A survey of Anisakis and Pseudoterranova in Scottish Fisheries and the Efficacy of Current Detection Methods
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Funded by: Food Standards Agency
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Re-constructing intersubjectivity: Adaptation and identity in informal care relationships which have been disrupted by aphasia
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Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council
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Evaluation of Moodjuice self-help web-site and of Computerised Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (Beating the Blues) for mild to moderate mental health problems in
PI: Professor Ronan O'Carroll
Funded by: Forth Valley NHS Board
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Postdoctoral Fellowship: The assessment of memory for acute pain
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Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council
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KTP Sysnet.
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Funded by: Sysnet Premier Technology and Technology Strategy Board
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Dynamical information processing in a neuronal microcircuit
PI: Professor Bruce Graham
Funded by: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
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Development and delivery of a proposal for re-establishment on a pilot scale, of a native oyster population in Scotland
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Funded by: Scottish Aquaculture Research Forum
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Managing Wetlands for sustainable Livelihoods at Koshi Tappu Nepal
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Funded by: The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust
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A Study of the Aetiology & control of Rainbow Trout Gastro Enteritis (RTGE)
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Funded by: British Trout Association, Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs and Scottish Aquaculture Research Forum
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Development of a landscape model for the control of Rhododendron ponticum
PI: Professor Kirsty Park
Funded by: The Carnegie Trust
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6th International Symposium on Monogenea
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Funded by: Royal Society
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Developing a scheme for monitoring sentinel farms in the UK Trout Industry
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Funded by: British Trout Association, Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs and Scottish Aquaculture Research Forum
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Functional and psychosocial outcome in living liver donors and recipients in Scotland
PI: Professor Ronan O'Carroll
Funded by: Chief Scientist Office
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Haemorrhagic Kidney Syndrome
PI: Professor Hugh Ferguson
Funded by: New Brunswick Salmon Growers Association
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Developing Practical strategies for reducing the spread of harmful organisms during the transportation of live fish
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Funded by: British Trout Association and Scottish Aquaculture Research Forum
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Becca Banks Project
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Funded by: Archaeology Limited
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ABACUS Arctic biosphere-atmosphere coupling across multiple scales
PI: Professor Philip Wookey
Funded by: Natural Environment Research Council
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Developing an assistive technology for cognition: Guiding users through complex behavioural sequences
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Funded by: Chief Scientist Office
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RTFS - Developing Control Strategies for Rainbow Trout Fry Syndrome
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Funded by: Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs and Schering-Plough Ltd
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Mathematical models of the dynamics and control of parasites in fish populations
PI: Professor Rachel Norman
Funded by: The Carnegie Trust
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EMS Research Support: Peter Hinow
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Funded by: Edinburgh Mathematical Society
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Characterisation of vibrio sp in marine culture
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Funded by: Sea Fish Industry Authority
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Light Technology for Photoperiod Regulation in Cod Mariculture
PI: Professor Herve Migaud
Funded by: European Commission (Horizon 2020)
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Papar Project
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Funded by: The Carnegie Trust
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Peat erosion and the management of peatland habitats.
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Funded by: The James Hutton Institute
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Support for radiometric data processing for UKSHS
PI: Professor Andrew Tyler
Funded by: Environment Agency
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Evaluation of WWF African Bushmeat Initiative, West Central and East Africa
PI: Professor Katharine Abernethy
Funded by: WWF International
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The timing of glacial/ interglacial environmental changes and climatic inferences from Fuego Patagonia South America
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Funded by: The Carnegie Trust
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The use of Chironomidae larvae to define Holocene environmental change
PI: Dr Eileen Tisdall
Funded by: The Carnegie Trust
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NERC Blue Skies studentship
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Funded by: Natural Environment Research Council
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MRC - HSRC MOBILE - Collaborative Research fellowship
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Investigating the relationship between concentrations of od beta/gamma emitting radionuclides in the Ribble estuary sediments and consequential doses to people on house boats
PI: Professor Andrew Tyler
Funded by: SKM Enviros
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Biocomplexity in the Antarctic Dry Valleys.
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Funded by: Royal Society
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Study of the desaturases of omega- 3 highly unsaturated fatty acid (HUFA) biosynthesis in the Cobia (Raxhycentron Canadum)
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Funded by: The Royal Society of Edinburgh
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Development of a National Strategy for Management of Bushmeat use in Gabon
PI: Professor Katharine Abernethy
Funded by: Wildlife Conservation Society
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Biocomplexity in the Antarctic Dry Valleys.
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Funded by: The Carnegie Trust
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The Influence of farming practices on bat populations within agricultural landscapes
PI: Professor Kirsty Park
Funded by: People's Trust for Endangered Species / Mammals
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Estimating transmission parameters of Gyrodactylus: a key requirement for contingency planning
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Funded by: Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs
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SALMONPHARM
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Funded by: European Commission (Horizon 2020)
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A Transcriptomic Analysis Of The Host-Pathogen Relationship In Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis Of Atlantic Salmon
PI: Professor Randolph Richards
Funded by: Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
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The Influence of farming practices on bat populations within agricultural Landscapes
PI: Professor Kirsty Park
Funded by: The Carnegie Trust
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Disease and stress resistant common Carp: Combining quantitative, genomic, proteomic and immunological makers to identify high performance strains, families and individuals
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Funded by: European Commission (Horizon 2020)
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Palaeoenvironmental analysis of soil samples from Hadrian's Wall Vallum
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Funded by: C F A Archaeology Ltd
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Palaeoenvironmental study of early Holocene human settlement on Stronsay, Orkney
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Funded by: Orkney College
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Reconstructing the Ecology of Lakes Impacted by Catchment Change and Eutrophic Episodes: Restoring Good Ecological Status in large shallow lakes
PI: Professor Andrew Tyler
Funded by: North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
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Warm water fish production as an income earning diversification strategy for a west coast based tourist enterprise: Feasibility Study and Initial support towards
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Funded by: UHI HI Links
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New Zealand as a Noah's Ark for the extinct UK bumblebee (Bombus subteranneus)
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Funded by: The Carnegie Trust
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The Ring of Brodgar Excavation.
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Funded by: Orkney College
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Developmental changes in working memory during the period of middle childhood
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Funded by: The Carnegie Trust
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Climate Change, Land Management and Erosion in the organic and Organo-mineral soils in Scotland and Northern Ireland
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Funded by: The James Hutton Institute
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Aquatic microbial metagenomics & biogeochemical cycles
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Funded by: Natural Environment Research Council
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The Anuradhapura (Sri Lanka) project: the hinterland (phase 2)
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Funded by: Arts and Humanities Research Council
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Network of Distributed Sensors for Proactive Condition Monitoring of Wind Turbines
PI: Professor KEN Turner
Funded by: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
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Investigations at Pinkie.
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Funded by: C F A Archaeology Ltd
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Patient Safety in Primary Care Pilot: Project Evaluation
PI: Professor Vivien Swanson
Funded by: NHS Tayside
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Identifying & defining the bases of individual
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Funded by: Natural Environment Research Council
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Iron Limitation: a Genomics and Proteomics Approach
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Funded by: Natural Environment Research Council
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Investigating developmental changes in children's memory for past events
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Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council
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Darwin Initiative
PI: Professor Katharine Abernethy
Funded by: Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs
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To produce a validated SOP for the rapid identification of Gyrodactylus salaris & its accurate discrimination from other species of Gyradactylus found, principally on
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Funded by: FRS Marine Laboratory and Centre for Enviroment, Fisheries & Aquaculture
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Testing Hypotheses About Cumulative Cultural Evolution
PI: Professor Christine Anna Caldwell
Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council
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Rainbow Trout Fin Erosion
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Funded by: Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs
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Metagenomic analysis of marine carbon-and nitrogen-fixers and their contribution to new production
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Funded by: Natural Environment Research Council
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Multi-Stakeholder Platform for Sustainable Aquaculture in Europe
PI: Professor Trevor Telfer
Funded by: European Commission (Horizon 2020)
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Landscape heterogeneity, soil ecology & environmental change : the Scottish Highlands & the Scandes Mountains as model study systems
PI: Professor Philip Wookey
Funded by: Natural Environment Research Council
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Blue Skies PhD Support Student: Ben Pears
PI: Professor Donald Davidson
Funded by: Natural Environment Research Council
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Developing Maternal Confidence in the Neonatal Unit: Which Infant Feeding Practices promote Self-efficacy in Mothers of Pre-term babies?
PI: Professor Vivien Swanson
Funded by: Centre for Integrated Healthcare Research
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Cognitive Electrophysiology UK Getting the most from studies of memory, language and attention
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Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council
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Specialist advice to help develop a Research project on Scotland's Ecological Footprint
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Funded by: Scottish Government
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Analytical investigation and numerical approximation of hierarchically size structured population models
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Funded by: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
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Eurosoil 2008.
PI: Professor Clare Wilson
Funded by: Royal Society
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