Research grants of €10m awarded to projects in 13 institutions

GRANT awards of €10 million for collaborative research projects in 13 institutions across Ireland, have been announced by Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney.

Speaking at an event in the Backweston Laboratory Campus near Celbridge, Co Kildare, Mr Coveney said the awards “help to underpin the sector by putting valuable expertise, capacity and capability at the disposal of industry while also feeding the pipeline for future innovation and commercialisation in the sector”.

The awards cover many research themes including a dairy research programme focused on cheese and infant formula; a gaseous emissions and land use network; and a programme on forest genetic resources.