Related Stories

• Who will look after your farm in the event of sickness or an accident?
  
  
• Dublin entrepreneur launches Ireland’s First Crowd Funded Agri-Business Project
  
  
• Teagasc assists forest owners with windblow damage
  
  
• Fun and games Mitchelstown Macra style with GAME ON
  
  
• Is your forest affected following the storm?
  
  
• GAME ON with Mitchelstown Macra
  
  
• Demand increases for agricultural college places
  
  
• ICMSA meeting in Ballylanders
  
  
• Farmland prices down in Cork, Tipperary, Kerry and Limerick but up in Waterford
  
  
• Stronger sentences needed for those guilty of robbing vulnerable in society
  
  
• IFA warns that dog owners will be held responsible for dog attacks on sheep
  
  
• West Waterford Ploughing Association celebrates Ballysaggart man’s All-Ireland win
  
  

Simon Coveney, TD, announced a new Call for Research Proposals.

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney, TD, announced a new Call for Research Proposals under the Department’s three competitive research funding programmes - FIRM, Stimulus and CoFoRD.

The Minister said that “the objective of this Call is to build and maintain research capacity and capability in the Irish public research system that contributes to underpinning the sustainability and competitiveness and further development of the Irish agri-food, forestry and fisheries sectors”.

The areas covered by Call 2014 include animal and crop health and production, horticulture, food and health, sustainable aquaculture production, novel ingredients and safety of marine origin foods, forest production and management, and the wider bio-economy as well as the safety, quality, integrity and sustainability of the supply chain.

The content of the Call is heavily informed by strategic research agendas drawn up by industry led research advisory groups operated by the Department. It is also well aligned to priority areas identified in the Government’s National Research Prioritisation Exercise.

Following on from significant awards of €65 million in agri-food and forest research over the last two years, the Minister reiterated his commitment to targeted research and innovation within the sector, saying "Publicly funded research will continue to play a key role in driving innovation within the Bio-economy thus contributing to the achievement of the growth targets outlined in Food Harvest 2020 and ultimately making a positive contribution to the Government’s Action Plan for Jobs”.

The Minister concluded by wishing applicants every success with their applications and stated “I have no doubt that the Research Community will take full advantage of this opportunity by submitting excellent proposals and I look forward to following the process over the coming months”. The deadline for proposal applications is Thursday, May 8 at 1pm. All documentation in relation to the Call is available on the Research Section of the Department’s website www.agriculture.gov.ie/research

blog comments powered by Disqus