February 16, 2021 12:26 pm
Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris has this week announced the 15 teams that have been shortlisted as part of the Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Future Innovator Prize.
The two challenge-based prize programmes, with a prize fund of €2 million each as part of the SFI Future Innovator Prize, are calling on the research teams to develop innovative solutions to food waste and plastics.
Five teams have been shortlisted under the SFI Food Challenge and 10 under the SFI Plastics Challenge. At the end of the 12-month programme, two overall winners will be announced.
The SFI Food Challenge will “support the development of sustainable solutions to reduce food loss and waste across the full breadth of the food supply chain”.