BlueFloat Energy Nadara Partnership - Part-sponsored Places

Information Overview:

- Course date: Wednesday 3^rd of September to Friday 5^th of September 2025

- Location: Scottish Association for Marine Science, PA37 1QA

- Number of part-sponsored spaces available: 6 (maximum 1 place per organisation)

- Discounted course charge for successful applicants: £1,920 + VAT (20% off £2,400 + VAT full charge of course)

- Opens for applications: 20^th June 2025

The first 6 applicants who confirm their interest in a part-sponsored place on the course and agree to the eligibility criteria, will be notified by email of their successful part-sponsorship. Once emailed with an invoice, you will have 7 working days to pay the discounted course charge, after which time your space will be offered to the next applicant.

Opportunity Explained:

This year, 6 places at the Scientific Robotics Academy’s (SRA) 3-day ‘Environmental Monitoring using Multi-Platform Technology’ course, have been generously supported by the BlueFloat Energy Nadara Partnership.

The integration of robotic platforms and sensor technology for monitoring marine, coastal and terrestrial ecosystems can have a plethora of benefits to a variety of sectors. For example, the Climate Change Committee's 2024 report to Parliament highlighted the need to triple annual installations of new offshore wind installations, if the UK is to meet its net zero target (Climate Change Committee, 2024). Benefits for incorporating innovative technology such as drones, ROV’s and artificial intelligence to achieve this includes:

- Scalability: The use of autonomous systems can enable more frequent and large-scale environmental monitoring and asset inspections.

- Time-cost reduction: Can reduce inspection costs by up to 70% compared to rope-access techniques (Poleo et at., 2021) and has the potential to reduce inspection times by up to 50% compared to traditional manual methods (Hydro International, 2024)

- Environmental impact: Can reduce the amount of fuel used for maintenance missions by up to 97% (The Engineer, 2024).

The BlueFloat Energy and Nadara Partnership are keen to support organisations who are seeking to upskill their staff; advancing their capabilities in handling and applying technology for environmental activities, and inspiring innovation across their organisation. We have six part-sponsored places available for any company who would benefit from discounted attendance on the Scientific Robotics Academy’s ‘Environmental Monitoring using Multi-Platform Technology’ course being held at the Scottish Association for Marine Science (PA37 1QA) on the 3^rd to the 5^th of September 2025. 

Eligibility:

- Must be able to attend on the course date (3^rd to the 5^th of September 2025)

- Must be able to fund the travel, accommodation and other costs associated with attending the course

- Open to all businesses, academic and third sector organisations (not individuals)

- For UK/EU and non-EU companies

- Must be willing to take part in promotional activities (individual attendee and business), led by SAMS, following being awarded a part-sponsored place

- Must be able to share detail on training achievement and future business development aspirations

- If successful, a maximum one part-sponsored place only can be granted per business.

- Places on the course are limited, and a place on the course is not confirmed until full payment has been received and an email has been sent to you confirming your place

- If you have any questions about the application, then please contact us at ScientificRoboticsAcademy@sams.ac.uk

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