The latest call for research proposals in selected agri-food related areas under the US-Ireland Research and Development Partnership has opened, Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture Martin Heydon has announced.

“Over the last five years the partnership has brought researchers together from Ireland, North and South, as well as the US,” Minister Heydon said.

“The programme has so far been very successful and my department is delighted to announce our continued support for the tri-jurisdictional research partnership.”

The topics

The 2021 US-Ireland Research and Development Partnership Call in Agriculture aims to advance knowledge, specifically in:

  • Beneficial and pest species in agricultural production systems.
  • Animal health and welfare.
  • Animal nutrition.
  • Tackling antibiotic resistance across the food chain.
  • Animal breeding and genomics.
  • The call invites eligible research performing organisations from the Republic of Ireland to submit joint research proposals, with collaborating partners from the US and Northern Ireland, under the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative of the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA).

    The submission deadline to the Department and DAERA is four weeks in advance of the NIFA deadline for the respective Programme Area Priority in AFRI’s 2021 Foundation Competitive Grant Programme.

    More information about the funding programme is available here.