The Data Lab provide funding, specialist expertise and project management support to help businesses, academic researchers and data science specialists to work together. Get access to cutting-edge expertise that can help your company unlock the potential of data and stay ahead of the curve.

The Data Lab have access to Ultra, a supercomputer hosted by EPCC (Edinburgh Parallel Computer Centre). They can use this to confidentially upload/store information and as a platform for secure data analysis.

Not all data projects require cutting edge academic support. Sometimes an organisation just needs an expert nudge from a professional data scientist. In these cases, you can access up to 20 days of data scientist time. This is available to organisations in any sector with a presence in Scotland. The data scientist will work with you to scope your project and help you embed it in your organisation.

Projects must have a clear economic and/or societal outcome in mind and have a contribution from an industrial or public sector partner, with a focus on the end benefit to Scotland.

This is a free service.

Any sector or industry can apply for this project funding; ranging from Oil & Gas, Healthcare, Food & Drink to Tourism, Agriculture and Financial Services and any others. They work with any industrial, public sector or academic institution – small, medium or large – as long as they have a registered office in Scotland.

Length of time from project inception to completion varies from project to project. Projects vary in size and are typically 3 to 12 months in length.

If you have a challenge that a data scientist could potentially help with, contact the Data Lab for more information about scoping and project support.

Projects must have a clear economic and/or societal outcome in mind and have a contribution from an industrial or public sector partner, with a focus on the end benefit to Scotland. 

Data Lab projects will typically feature:

• one or more industrial or public sector partners
• one or more university researchers (ranging from senior academics to research associates)
• professional project management staff to ensure that these projects run to plan
• data scientists and software engineering staff allocated to work in collaborative teams featuring academic researchers and industry professionals
• use of The Data Lab’s resources where available

Please submit an enquiry and an adviser will be in touch to discuss your needs.