Scottish Alliance for Food (SCAF)
@SCAF_ARC
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Health, Sustainability & Equity Alliance for Research Challenge (ARC) | Funding @ScotFundCouncil | Hosted @UofGlasgow | Leadership team across #Scotland
Scotland, UK
Joined March 2023
📢 Join SCAF in Dundee next week for an engaging afternoon of hybrid research talks, a session on interviewing for grant panels, and a tour of the vertical farm at the @JamesHuttonInst! All are welcome 👋 ➡️ https://t.co/t9SiJXLHbv
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📢 SCAF Online Networking - final session of 2025! Join us to make new connections, find collaborators, gain insights, and beginning developing ideas ahead of our next seed funding round in spring 🌱 ➡️ Register here: https://t.co/uGTRv3btjA
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October aligned with our 4 pillars: mapping & showcasing data and research capability; connecting members through networking and interdisciplinary workshops; creating and co-producing via our annual competition and Academy of Citizens panel; and sharing via the ECR-led webinar 👇
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📣 Calling all cooks, storytellers and food lovers in Scotland! SCAF is inviting you to submit a recipe and short story to celebrate the diversity of food 🍴 Prizes are available & selected entries will feature in a “Recipes & Stories” collection ✨ 📅 Deadline: 16/01/2026
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📢 Join the SCAF Open Day in Dundee! You're invited to an engaging afternoon of research talks, networking, and a tour of the vertical farm at @JamesHuttonInst 🌱 The day is designed to encourage making connections and to foster collaboration and creativity. All are welcome! 👋
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📽️ Professor Martin Weides sits down with the Quantum ARC's Dr Jack Brennan to discuss the 2025 Nobel Prize win in Physics, what it means for the quantum sector in Scotland and his connection to the prize-winning team ☄️ ⬇️ Watch the interview on YouTube:
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📢 SCAF webinar! Evie Nikokavoura, Saeko Yazaki, and Ada Garcia will present their findings from two SCAF-funded pump priming projects. 🌱 Join us to explore aesthetic demand versus food safety and lessons from Japanese cuisine for planetary health. 🍇
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Join us on 11 Nov for the Nairobi Satellite Event: Strengthening Food Systems, Nutrition & Health: Through Availability & Access 🕓14:00–17:00 Nairobi | 11:00–14:00 UK 📍Virtual | Co-hosted by @BusaraCenter & NNEdPro Explore behavioural insights, nutrition education & resilient
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📢 Round 5 of Quantum ARC seed funding is open! For this round, money has been set aside specifically for projects that bring together quantum technologies with the food sector, in line with our sister ARC, @SCAF_ARC 🍴 Other projects will still be considered for funding. 💡
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This #WorldFoodDay2025, we are inviting recipes and short stories to celebrate the diversity of food and how it connects people across Scotland 💙 Whether your dish represents your identity, family heritage, culture, or history, we would love to hear from you! More info below 👇
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📢 Tomorrow at 7pm! ➡️ Register here:
gla.ac.uk
Indy Kaur, CEO and Founder of Plant Futures, will discuss how collective action can turn evidence into growth.
📢 Join our upcoming Early Career Network webinar with Indy Kaur, CEO and Founder of Plant Futures! Drawing on her retail strategy background, Indy will discuss how cross-sector coalitions can turn evidence into growth and healthier, more sustainable choices. 💡
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What Happened in September blog 🌤️ It all comes together: events celebrating SCAF's diversity, launching strategic evaluations, and supporting member capacity to build competitive projects. Read our full blog below 👇 https://t.co/fWUMDu0Z9O
gla.ac.uk
It all comes together: events celebrating SCAF's diversity, launching strategic evaluations, and supporting member capacity to build competitive projects.
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📢 Is the government doing enough to improve the food system? As the dust settles on #PartyConferences we examine the evidence using 5️⃣ key markers. Find out: ➡️ https://t.co/enXWR4uJX8
@UKLabour #FreeSchoolMeals
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🌟 Join us next week to hear from Indy Kaur on collaborating across academia, industry and retail. 💡 ➡️ Register here:
gla.ac.uk
Indy Kaur, CEO and Founder of Plant Futures, will discuss how collective action can turn evidence into growth.
📢 Join our upcoming Early Career Network webinar with Indy Kaur, CEO and Founder of Plant Futures! Drawing on her retail strategy background, Indy will discuss how cross-sector coalitions can turn evidence into growth and healthier, more sustainable choices. 💡
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Congratulations to SCAF, once again delivering impact beyond their size: https://t.co/NIP4CKndbT
📢 Join our upcoming Early Career Network webinar with Indy Kaur, CEO and Founder of Plant Futures! Drawing on her retail strategy background, Indy will discuss how cross-sector coalitions can turn evidence into growth and healthier, more sustainable choices. 💡
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