Services we provide...
Scientific & Technical Services
MRTS provides specialist services throughout the scientific research lifecycle.
Clients can commission an individual service or combine several areas of expertise within a larger project.
Research Design & Methodology
Strong research starts with strong methodology.
We help organisations design, evaluate and improve scientific research and monitoring programmes.
Services include:
- Research design and methodological consultancy
- Scientific project development
- Research scoping
- Survey protocol development
- Sampling-design review
- Methodology refinement
- Monitoring programme design
- Monitoring programme evaluation
- Identification of methodological limitations
- Assessment of bias and data-quality risks
- Technical recommendations
Data Management, QA/QC & Analysis
Scientific datasets must be organised, reliable and appropriately analysed before meaningful conclusions can be drawn.
Services include:
- Research-data management
- Database development
- Data cleaning
- Data standardisation
- Data processing
- Quality assurance and quality control
- Statistical analysis
- Quantitative interpretation
- Scientific data visualisation
- Figures and tables
- Research-result synthesis
- Technical data summaries
Scientific Writing & Publication Support
SMRTS supports researchers and organisations in turning scientific work into clear, professional outputs.
Services include:
- Scientific report preparation
- Technical reports
- Manuscript development
- Manuscript drafting and editing
- Literature reviews
- Evidence synthesis
- Publication planning
- Publication submission support
- Scientific figures
- Tables
- Appendices
- Supplementary materials
- Technical editing and review
Research & Monitoring Programme Evaluation
Independent evaluation can identify where existing research programmes are performing effectively and where improvements can be made.
We can assess:
- Research-project design
- Survey implementation
- Monitoring methodologies
- Data-collection consistency
- Data-quality systems
- Research workflows
- Sampling limitations
- Methodological bias
- Research equipment and systems
Outputs can include formal evaluations and practical recommendations for future programme development.
Research Support & Technical Consultancy
MRTS can provide additional specialist scientific capacity to existing research teams and organisations.
This may include:
- Marine and environmental research support
- Scientific project support
- Research documentation
- Research database development
- Evidence gathering
- Research strategy
- Technical project review
- Methodological troubleshooting
- Scientific advisory services
- Technical recommendations