SAMS is a recipient of Scottish public support through funding mechanisms administrated by the Scottish Funding Council as well as individual grants for goods and services paid for by the Scottish Government.The Scottish Government is investing £3.5 million in Argyll and Bute Growth Deal projects led by SAMS including: £1 million for SAMS’s Centre for International Seaweed and Shellfish Development (C-SSIDe), commercialising world-leading research in seaweed and shellfish and driving growth in these high-value sectors; and £2.5 million for STEM Hub North, an ocean-focused outreach centre to develop marine skills that will help grow the region’s blue economy, located at the European Marine Science Park which is run by Highlands and Islands Enterprise, in partnership with SAMS and Scottish Development International.The Scottish Government continues to support SAMS marine research endeavours, e.g. contributing to tendered grants through the Marine Fund Scotland and to PhD studentships, in addition to a long history and ongoing collaboration with Marine Directorate scientists, which underpins many aspects of SAMS's work and jointly contributes to Scotland's leadership in a sustainable and resilient blue economy. S6W...