Minister of State Martin Heydon
The Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) with responsibility for research and development, Martin Heydon has today (Tuesday December 15) launched a call for research proposals under his department’s updated competitive research funding programme.
This is the first call under a restructured approach to research funding, seeking projects across key areas including climate and biodiversity; sustainable animal and plant health and production; agri-digitalisation and the bioeconomy; and safe, healthy food production and processing.
On launching this new call the minister commented: “Research and innovation is absolutely critical if the agriculture sector is to prosper and respond effectively to the overarching challenges of our time.”