Scientists share €28m in agri-food and forestry funding
One project is led by Dr David Reid, at Marine Institute, Galway, on ‘Fisheries Knowledge for Optimal Sustainable Management’. This study brings together teams in UCC, GMIT, QUB, AFBI (Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute in Belfast), and is to be granted €1,488,745 by the Department of Agriculture, plus another €927,398 by the equivalent department in Northern Ireland.
Another award recipient is a study entitled ‘Developing the next generation of protein-enriched spray dried dairypowders with enhanced hydration properties’, led by Dr Mark Auty of Teagasc, working with CIT, UCC, UU and WIT. This study is to be granted almost €2.2m and €365,097 respectively by the Departments of Agriculture in the South and North of Ireland.
