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Information Webinar
US-Ireland Research and Development
Partnership Call in Agriculture 2017
26 April 2017
Noel Collins, DAFM
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Presentation Outline • Introduction to US-Ireland R&D Pship • Information on US-Ireland R&D Pship Call in Agriculture • Overview of Relevant Strategies
Intro to US-Ireland R&D Pship • Tri-jurisdictional alliance between Ireland, Northern Ireland and the United States • In Place since 2006 • Aim to promote collaborative innovative research projects which create value above and beyond individual efforts • InterTradeIreland provides support, and facilitates arrangements between the various funding partners
About the US-Ireland R&D Pship • The scope of the Partnership to date covers the following six thematic areas: – Agriculture – Health – Nanoscale Science & Engineering – Sensors & Sensor Networks – Telecommunications – Energy & Sustainability • To date 35 projects have been successfully funded under the partnership
US-Irl R&D Partnership Agri Call
• Agriculture was added as a new Thematic Areas in the
US-Ireland Call for the first time in 2016 on a pilot basis
• Relevant Funders in Agri:
– United States: The National Institute of Food and Agriculture
(NIFA) in the USDA
– Northern Ireland: The Department of Agriculture, Environment and
Rural Affairs (DEARA)
– Republic of Ireland: The Department of Agriculture, Food and the
Marine (DAFM)
• Relevant US Programme: NIFA’s Agricultural and Food
Research Initiative (AFRI) Foundation Programme
Request for Applications (RFA)US-Irl R&D Partnership Agri Call • Three Priority Areas in the AFRI Foundation Programme eligible to ROI/NI based applicants: – Pests and Beneficial Species in Agricultural Production Systems; – Animal nutrition, growth, and lactation; and – Animal health and disease • ROI/NI Applicants must obtain pre-approval from DAFM/DAERA respectively in advance of formal submission by US PI to AFRI RFA • Separate Application Forms must be used by ROI/NI applicants to DAFM/DAERA respectively • Submission deadline to DAFM/DAERA 4 weeks in advance of the stated AFRI deadline for the priority area
Latest Submission Dates
Thematic Area in AFRI 2017 RFA DAFM/DAERA AFRI
Deadline Deadline
Pests and Beneficial Species in Agricultural 14 June 2017 12 July 2017
Production Systems
Animal nutrition, growth, and lactation 18 May 2017 15 June 2017
Animal health and disease 18 May 2017 15 June 2017RoI applicants must demonstrate: • Close alignment with either the Sustainable Healthy Agri-Food Research Plan (SHARP) or Forest Research Ireland (FORI) – the relevant Strategic Research and Innovation Agendas for the agri-food and forestry sectors. • Alignment with relevant national policy documents including Food Wise 2025 and Innovation 2020
Food Wise notes that ‘Research, Development and Innovation
(RDI) are key drivers of competitiveness’ – Selection of some of
Food Wise RDI specific actions captures overarching themes:
e.g. ‘DAFM, through its research funding
programmes (Stimulus, FIRM and
e.g.: ‘Agri-food research funding to
CoFoRD), to continue to support the
prioritise research which provides
development of the new thought and
evidence base to quantify the economic,
technology leaders for the agri-food sector
social and environmental sustainability of
through supporting agri-food Masters and
Irish food production systems and to
PhD students on suitable scientific and
assess the vulnerability of these systems
impactful research projects’
to climate change’
e.g. ‘At producer level prioritise research
e.g.: ‘Prioritise research to ensure the and innovation investment in processes
development of state of the art and technologies which improve
methodologies to identify and assess the productivity and sustainability of
risks with biological and chemical production’
contamination of food and develop the
controls to mitigate against these risks’‘SHARP’ Strategic Agenda - Structure
Sustainable
Managment Food
Grass, Food Product
Clover, of Natural Nutrition,
Resources , Processing Developme Food Chain Functional
Animal Forage, Health &
Crops &
Climate Technology nt Integrity & Foods &
Production Change & Diet-related
Food & Formulation Safety Health
Trans- Diseases
Horticulture Engineering & Sensory
boundary Science
Gases
Cross-Cutting Issues
Underpinning Infrastructures & SkillsMain priorities in SHARP • Enhance sustainability across entire food chain. • Validate the green credentials of Irish foods. • Maximise benefit of pasture based production • Improve animal & plant production, breeding & health. • Underpin food safety & integrity. • Drive innovation via technology transfer, etc. • Build Agri-Food Informatics to exploit vast data from myriad sources. • Improve profitability & competitiveness at all levels. • Exploit convergence .... Agri-food + ICT/Pharma/etc. • Improve human nutrition & health .... exploit databases • Provide evidence to inform policy development
Northern Ireland
May 2016 – DAERA formed
Our research is guided by two significant strategy
documents;
Department’s Evidence and Innovation Strategy
(2015-2017)
Agri-Food Strategy Board Report – “Going for
Growth”E&I Strategy (2015-2017)
To help the agri-food industry prepare for future market
Goal 1
opportunities and economic challenges.
Goal 2 To improve the lives of farmers and other rural dwellers
targeting resources where they are most needed.
Goal 3 To enhance animal, fish and plant health and animal
welfare on an all Ireland basis.
Goal 4 To help deliver improved sustainable environment
outcomes.
www.daera-ni.gov.uk/publications/evidence-and-innovation-strategy
updated-2015-17.“Going for Growth – Investing in Success”
Growing a sustainable, profitable and integrated
Agri-food supply chain focused on delivering
the needs of the market”.
www.daera-ni.gov.uk/sites/default/files/publications/dard/going-for-
growth.pdfNI/ROI Eligibility Requirements • Address one of the 3 stated AFRI programme areas • Be an Eligible Research Organisation • Have a min. of one Principal Investigator based in a Research organisation in each of the three jurisdictions • Total grant request for the Research Organisations in each jurisdiction must account for at least 15% of the overall combined grant request from NIFA/DAFM/DAERA • Avoid duplication of recent research work already undertaken or ongoing • Be strategically aligned with ROI/NI needs • Incomplete documents will be returned without review
DAERA/DAFM Review Process - Eligibility check (aligns strategically/ meets financial and administrative requirements) - Scientific Review mainly undertaken in NIFA review process - DAERA/DAFM will communicate eligibility decision at least 2 weeks in advance of stated AFRI RFA deadline. - If pass eligibility checks, DAERA/DAFM issue a ‘Letter of Support’ to applicant - A copy of the DAERA/DAFM Letters of Support will be submitted directly to NIFA
Submission and Review of Tripartite Application
- ‘Single proposal - single review’ mechanism facilitated by
NIFA
- Tripartite submission to the AFRI RFA must include ‘Letters
of Support’ from both DAFM and DAERA
- Responsibility of US PI to submit the tripartite application
- Copy of final tripartite submission to the AFRI RFA must be
sent to DAERA and DAFM along with NIFA assigned unique
application number
- Tripartite proposals evaluated alongside other applications to
the selected AFRI programme area
- Evaluation as per standard NIFA application review criteriaFunding Available to applicants • DAFM: Up to €350,000 • DAERA: Up to £250,000 • NIFA: Up to $500,000 • Each jurisdiction has its own set of funding rules which must be complied with.
Thank you
For more information from DAERA contact Claire McAllister @
collaborative.research@daera-ni.gov.uk or click on
https://www.daera-ni.gov.uk/articles/us-ireland-research-and-development-partnership-call
agriculture-2017
For more information from DAFM contact Noel Collins @
noeld.collins@agriculture.gov.ie or click on
http://www.agriculture.gov.ie/research/You can also read
