2022 Joint Call for Research Proposals on strategies, technologies, and novel systems

The Irish Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) and the New Zealand Ministry of Primary Industries invites eligible Irish and New Zealand Research Performing Organisations (RPOs) to submit joint research proposals under the “2022 Joint Call for Research Proposals on strategies, technologies and novel systems to reduce and account for greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture ruminant production systems”

The call contributes to the overall objectives of the Joint Research Initiative to enhance bilateral collaborative research between Ireland and New Zealand in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction in pasture-based ruminant production systems.

This is a single stage competitive submission process.

The deadline for the submission of proposals is 15th July 2022 (17:00 IST).

The purpose of the Joint Call is to address common climate-related challenges in the agriculture sectors in Ireland and New Zealand. The aims of the 2022 Joint Call is to enable research on climate mitigation from agriculture ruminant, pasture-based livestock production systems; and to strengthen and improve cooperation and collaborations between the two research communities, and to connect research partners with different but complementary scientific and technological expertise to maximise impact.

Joint proposals submitted to the Call should advance the body of knowledge towards large scale applicable practices and technologies in key areas that include rumen microbiology, low emission ruminants, and inventory improvement, which taken together offer significant potential for greenhouse gas emissions reduction and the sequestration of atmospheric carbon.

Proposals submitted to the Call must address one of the three following topics:

Topic 1. Rumen microbiology to support the development of ruminant GHG mitigation technologies

Topic 2. Identification and development of technologies for the selection of low emitting ruminant livestock

Topic 3. Refinement of agricultural GHG emissions inventories through the development of emission factors for nitrous oxide and carbon

The electronic submission system for joint research proposals under this Call is through the Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine’s online application and grant management portal: Flexi®Grant

Proposals must be submitted via the electronic submission system.

More detailed information on the scope and research topics of this call, eligibility criteria, submission procedures and the national annexes for Ireland and New Zealand are provided in the Joint Call Documentation below.

Two webinars for applicants will be held jointly by DAFM and the New Zealand Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) for interested Irish and New Zealand researchers to provide an overview about all relevant aspects of the Call and provide time to answer open questions. These will be organised after the Call launch on:

- 18th May 2022 at 10:00 NZT (webinar hosted by MPI for New Zealand applicants)

- 25th May 2022 at 10:00 IST (webinar hosted by DAFM for Irish applicants)

For the DAFM webinar on 25th May 2022 please register at the following link: Registration (gotowebinar.com)

Irish applicants must read the Joint Call Documentation in conjunction with Annex B that sets out additional national requirements for Irish applicants.