Scottish Government Rural Affairs and the Environment Strategic Research Strategy 2011 - 2016

Rowett Research Institute is founded

Edinburgh and East of Scotland College of Agriculture form a joint committee on research in animal breeding with the University of Edinburgh

Moredun Foundation established as a charity by farmers (originally called the Animal Diseases Research Association)

Scottish Plant Breeding Station (SPBS) is founded in Edinburgh

Hannah Research Institute (dairy) created in Ayr

Macaulay Institute for Soil Research (MISR) created with philanthropic gift by TB Macaulay

Scottish Horticultural Research Institute (SHRI) is established at Invergowrie

Scottish Plant Breeding Station based in Edinburgh is amalgamated with SHRI at Invergowrie and renamed the Scottish Crop Research Institute

Macaulay Institute founded through merger of MISR and the Hill Farm Research Organisation

Scottish Agricultural Statistics Service (SASS) created from statistics groups in the Scottish Agricultural Research Institutes (SARIs)

Scottish Agricultural College created by bringing together West of Scotland, North of Scotland and East of Scotland Colleges

SCRI creates its commercial arm - Mylnefield Research Services (MRS) Ltd.

Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland (BioSS) created by merging SASS and the former Agriculture and Farming Research Council's Unit of Statistics based at Edinburgh University

Hannah Research Institute, Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, Moredun Research Institute, Rowett Research Institute and Scottish Crop Research Institute declassified as an NDPBs as part of the 'bonfire of the quangos'

Strategic Research for SEERAD: Environment, Biology and Agriculture Strategy 2005-10 document published and with it a move from grant to programme funding takes place

Hannah Research institute closes

Rowett Research Institute amalgamated into the University of Aberdeen as the Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health

Creation of the James Hutton Research Institute amalgamating SCRI and MLURI

Competitive element and closer working with HEI sector introduced to the strategic research portfolio commissioning process with the establishment of the Centre of Expertise and Strategic Partnerships

Scottish Agricultural College merges with Barony, Elmwood and Oatridge, Land Based Colleges to form the Scottish Rural College (SRUC)