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About the Lab

One applied research initiative. One integrated platform.

The Lab combines an institutional site, an ecosystem CRM, an SME pilot platform and research operations — so a company that registers interest today remains the same record if it is later selected, measured and followed.

What the platform is.

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Institutional site

Explains the Lab, the research proposition, the pilot model and the routes to collaborate.

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Ecosystem CRM

One record per organisation — SMEs, universities, researchers, technology providers, networks and supporters.

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SME pilot platform

Registration, eligibility, baseline, workflows, interventions, measurements and outputs.

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Research operations

Cohorts, consent, pseudonymised data, surveys, notes, datasets and reporting.

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AI operations (later)

Summarisation, completeness checks, reminders and draft reporting — always under human oversight.

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One continuous record

A company that registers today stays the same record if it is later selected, measured and followed.

Operating principles, non-negotiable.

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Research-led, not consultancy-led

Implementation is a measured intervention under a protocol, not a generic automation service.

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Vendor-neutral

We study outcomes, not adoption of any preferred model, cloud or supplier.

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Baseline before intervention

No productivity claim without a documented pre-intervention reference point.

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Human-in-the-loop

No automated final selection, rejection, research conclusion or governance approval.

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Failures are findings

Unsuitable, cancelled and unsuccessful interventions are recorded, not hidden.

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Consent and data separation

Operational, research and anonymised layers are distinct; consent is versioned per purpose.

Status.

The initiative is in its development and partnership-building phase. It is not currently university-hosted, funded, ethics-approved, formally partnered or endorsed. This site describes a product and research design and invites interest in future collaboration.

The initiative is currently in its development and partnership-building phase. Scottish SMEs, researchers, universities and organisations interested in future collaboration can register their interest. Registering interest does not guarantee participation in a future pilot.