Competitive opportunity to process benthic macrofaunal samples from a Marine Protected Area survey, requiring expertise in taxonomic identification, biomass analysis, and adherence to NMBAQC quality standards.
Contract awarded. Originally published 4 months ago.
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In research innovation, CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT, FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE SCIENCE has awarded 11 contracts to 10 suppliers.
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Across research innovation, the most active winners are WSP UK LIMITED, IPSOS MARKET RESEARCH LIMITED, IFF RESEARCH LIMITED — the field to beat, or your route in as a partner.
Supply and operate an unmanned surface vehicle to collect three months of comparative wave data for Cefas' WaveNet monitoring network, commencing by December 2026.
Develop statistical methods and code to improve how data-limited fish stocks are incorporated into mixed fisheries forecasting models for sustainable UK fisheries management.
Three-year service contract for maintenance and repair support of Illumina sequencing equipment.
Cefas seeks a production-level inspection-class ROV with fibre-optic imaging capability, 300-metre depth rating, and open-architecture design for autonomous seabed research and data collection.
Fund collaborative data service networks to connect practitioners and improve research support services across the social science sector.
Get up to £250,000 to develop marine robots and autonomous underwater vehicles designed to operate reliably in extreme Arctic conditions over 18 months.
Fund research projects to develop secure semiconductor technologies using an open-source hardware security platform, with results shared back to advance the field.
Deploy collaborative autonomous platforms in the Arctic Ocean to advance polar research and demonstrate AI-enabled mission capabilities over six to eight weeks from Svalbard.
