Marine Alliance for
Science & Technology Scotland
a marine partnership for Scotland

Background

MASTS was launched on November 4th 2009 in Edinburgh following the award by the Scottish Funding Council of 7 years funding.

MASTS promotes the following goals:

• Scotland as a world player in marine science through the delivery of science excellence in the field
  
• A healthier environment as a result of a better informed public and policies to manage human activity based on the best available evidence
  
• Wealth creation and protection facilitated by sound science supporting industries such as renewable energy, marine fisheries and aquaculture
  
• An economy able to plan for the effects of climate change
  
• The efficient provision of best available scientific knowledge (BASK) to the policy makers
  
• High level awareness by the public of the value and heritage of Scotland's marine environment
  
  

In the process of working towards these primary goals, MASTS will deliver:

• A culture of research innovation and cooperation across research and government in Scotland
  
• The critical mass necessary to ensure that Scotland's marine science is able to compete at an international level.
  
• A novel training ground for marine scientists and policy makers of the future
  
• Higher quality integrated marine science, with improved communication and coordination.
  
• A marine science community that is well resourced and run, and that will attract international quality researchers