{"id":40355,"date":"2017-07-18T17:58:41","date_gmt":"2017-07-18T16:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sfc.6bdv.ws\/research-pooling\/"},"modified":"2024-10-30T15:14:31","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T15:14:31","slug":"research-pooling","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sfc.ac.uk\/gd\/research-innovation\/research-pooling\/","title":{"rendered":"Research pooling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The research pooling initiative was created by SFC in 2004 to encourage researchers across Scottish higher education to pool their resources and respond to increasing international competition.<\/p>\n<h2>Independent Review of Scottish Research Pooling Initiative<\/h2>\n<p>The review\u00a0was chaired by Professor Louise Heathwaite from Lancaster University and\u00a0supported by an advisory panel of experts including representatives from universities, UK Research and Innovation and the Association of Medical Research Charities.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/gd\/research-pooling-review\/\">Further information about the review<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Research pools<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"this link opens in a new window\" href=\"http:\/\/www.etp-scotland.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Energy technology Partnership<\/a> (ETP)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"this link opens in a new window\" href=\"http:\/\/www.masts.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marine Alliance for Science &amp; Technology for Scotland<\/a> (MASTS)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"this link opens in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scotchem.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ScotCHEM<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"this link opens in a new window\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sages.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scottish Alliance for Geoscience, Environment and Society<\/a>\u00a0(SAGES)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"this link opens in a new window\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sinapse.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scottish Imaging Network: A Platform for Scientific Excellence<\/a> (SINAPSE)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"this link opens in a new window\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sicsa.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scottish Informatics and Computer Science Alliance<\/a>\u00a0(SICSA)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"this link opens in a new window\" href=\"http:\/\/www.srpe.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scottish Research Partnership in Engineering<\/a> (SRPe)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"this link opens in a new window\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sulsa.ac.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scottish Universities Life Sciences Alliance<\/a>\u00a0(SULSA)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"this link opens in a new window\" href=\"http:\/\/www.supa.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scottish Universities Physics Alliance<\/a>\u00a0(SUPA)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"this link opens in a new window\" href=\"http:\/\/www.soillse.ac.uk\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Soillse<\/a> (Gaelic language and culture)<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The research pooling initiative was created by SFC in 2003 to encourage researchers across Scottish higher education to pool their resources and respond to increasing international competition.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":40360,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/page-template-general.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-40355","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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