EPA Research 2021 awards

This page provides information about the EPA Research 2021 awards including:

2021 Research awards

A total of 62 awards were made in 2021, including strategic partnerships at national and international level.

SchemeAwards madeFunding committed

2021 EPA Research Call including

30

€ 7,491,900.75

Addressing Climate Change Evidence Needs
Delivering a Healthy Environment
Facilitating a Green and Circular Economy
Protecting and Restoring our Natural Environment
7
7
11
5
€ 1,338,953.89
€ 2,353,450.28
€ 2,339,297.84
€ 1,460,198.74
Innovation and Demonstration projects 8 € 707,155.70
2021 - EPA-Irish Research Council Scholarship Scheme 7 € 632,500.00
2021 Fulbright-EPA Awards 3 € 33,796.00
DAFM 2021 strategic partnership 2 € 500,000.00
Marine Institute 2021 Blue Carbon strategic partnership 2 € 405,000.00
2021 EPA Collaborative Awards (2019/2020 Water JPI Joint Transnational Call) 2 € 440,426.00
Fast-track to Policy 2021 Scheme 2 € 72,457.35
Event Support 2021 Scheme 6 € 17,531.40
Total 62 € 10,300,767.20

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2021 EPA Research Call - Addressing Climate Change Evidence Needs

Lead Organisation Principal Investigator Project Title  Project Type Co-funded with
Maynooth University (MU) Conor Murphy Transboundary Climate Risks for Island of Ireland (TCRII) Desk Study n/a
National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG) Thomas McDermott Climate Resilient Places Medium Scale Project Department of Transport (DOT)
Roughan & O' Donovan Mark Tucker Infrastructure climate change risk considering Interdependencies and Cascading hazards Desk Study n/a
Economic & Social Research Institute (ESRI) Niall Farrell Just resilience and adaptation in Ireland: sectors and regions Desk Study Department of Transport (DOT)
National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG) Renuka Kavutharapu Top-Down estimates of Irish GHG's emissions using ground and satellite based observations Research Fellowship Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine (DAFM)
University of Limerick (UL) Colm Duffy Emissions Inventory Research to improve flux estimates of GHGs and nutrients from agricultural and land Research Fellowship Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine (DAFM)
University of Limerick (UL) Kenneth Byrne Analysis of terrestrial methane emissions and impacts of peatland restoration on Ireland’s Carbon Cycle Research Fellowship Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine (DAFM)

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2021 EPA Research Call - Delivering a Healthy Environment

Lead Organisation Principal Investigator Project Title   Project Type Co-funded with 
National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG) Liam Morrison Source, pathways and impacts on the Aquatic environment - identifying solutions to mitigate manganese issues Medium Scale Project n/a
National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG) Liam Burke Detection and risk management of Verotoxigenic E. coli in the water Environment Large Scale Project n/a
Technological University Dublin (TU Dublin) Eoin McGillicuddy Impact of Agricultural Emissions on Rural and Urban Air Quality Medium Scale Project Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine (DAFM)
National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG) Marie Coggins assessment of the Environmental contamination of Irish soils and sediments with hazardous chemicals Medium Scale Project Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine (DAFM)
University of Dublin, Trinity College (TCD) John Gallagher Investigating the impacts of urban railway STATION hubs on AIR quality in its environs Medium Scale Project Department of Transport (DOT)
University of Dublin, Trinity College (TCD) Laurence Gill Willow evapotranspiration systems as nature-based solutions for on-site wastewater treatment in low permeability areas Medium Scale Project n/a
University College Dublin (UCD) Anna Mölter Public exposure to non-ionising radiation from major electricity infrastructure in Ireland Desk Study n/a

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2021 EPA Research Call - Facilitating a Green and Circular Economy

Lead OrganisationPrincipal InvestigatorProject Title  Project TypeCo-funded with 
Voice of Irish Concern for the Environment (VOICE) Abigail O'Callaghan Platt Awareness raising tools to address avoidable plastic waste arising from sanitary products and disposable nappies Desk Study n/a
University of Limerick (UL) David Styles Environmental Assessment & Techno-economic feasibility of edible Packaging Desk Study n/a
National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG) Patrick McGetrick Opportunities for Green Public Procurement to improve implementation of circular practice Medium Scale Project Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine (DAFM)
National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG) Vincent O'Flaherty Towards a bio-based all-island economy: urban bio-waste conversion to carboxylates, nutrient products and renewable energy Large Scale Project n/a
National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG) Jamie Goggins Identification of Effective State-of-the-Art Green Public Procurement Policy and Practice for the Irish Public Sector Medium Scale Project Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine (DAFM)
Munster Technological University (MTU) Gaurav Rajauria CircBioCityWaste: Converting urban waste streams into value-added products Large Scale Project Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine (DAFM)
Maynooth University (MU) Peter Mooney Artificial Intelligence and the Circular Economy Medium Scale Project n/a
Foster Environmental Limited Percy Foster Identifying the Sources and Scale of Plastic in Compost Derived from Household and Commercial FoodWaste Desk Study n/a
Dublin City University (DCU) Inam Ul Ahad Critical Raw Materials for Ireland for a Resource Efficient Circular Economy Desk Study Geological Survey Of Ireland (GSI)
University of Limerick (UL) Lisa O'Malley Mainstreaming Circular Economies Through Collaboration and Co-Creation Medium Scale Project n/a
Irish Manufacturing Research David McCormack Artificial Intelligence for the Circular Economy in Ireland Medium Scale Project n/a

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2021 EPA Research Call - Protecting and Restoring our Natural Environment

Lead Organisation Principal Investigator Project Title   Project Type Co-funded with 
Minogue Environmental Consulting Ltd Ruth Minogue Reframing landscape as a key environmental topic through LCA toolkit Medium Scale Project Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine (DAFM)
National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG) Mark Healy Re-wetting of Peatlands for Enhanced Restoration Large Scale Project n/a
University of Dublin, Trinity College (TCD) Carlos Rocha Groundwater Age Distributions for the Sustainable Management of groundwater resources in Ireland Large Scale Project Geological Survey Of Ireland (GSI)
TechWorks Marine Charlotte O'Kelly The Use of Earth Observation and Machine Learning for Waste Crime identification and prevention Desk Study n/a
University College Dublin (UCD) Ainhoa Gonzalez Public Participation and Performance Criteria in Strategic Environmental Assessment: The Way Forward to Advancing Practice Medium Scale Project Office of the Planning Regulator (OPR)

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2021 Innovation and Demonstration awards

Lead OrganisationPrincipal InvestigatorProject Title Project TypeCo-funded with
IWFMN William Vernon Industrial Symbiosis: Collaborative Platform for Furniture Upholstery and Textiles Green Enterprise n/a
Central Solutions Ltd Ken Stockil Innovation for a Circular Economy Green Enterprise n/a
Furniture Recycling Ltd David Garland Upcycling mattresses to insulation material and other products Green Enterprise n/a
Sensi James Devitt Shrinking the Circularity Loop for Plastics Recycling and Reuse Green Enterprise n/a
Positive Carbon Aisling Kirwan The use of food waste insights to reduce food waste in commercial kitchens Green Enterprise n/a
FoodCloud Tara Clarke Calculation of the carbon footprint of the activities of FoodCloud improve impact reporting Green Enterprise n/a
Allied Recycling Gordon Naughton Gypsum Recycling Facility Green Enterprise n/a
Beacan Glas Limited Patrick Arnold Environmental impact analysis of an urban mushroom farm model to decrease food waste Green Enterprise n/a

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EPA-Irish Research Council Scholarships Scheme awards

Lead Organisation Applicant Project Title Co-funded with
Maynooth University (MU) Laure de Tymowski Whose environment, whose city? A critical assessment of environmental justice in South Dublin n/a
Technological University Dublin (TU Dublin) Jerry Hourihane Clancy Monitoring And Modelling of Biological Aerosols (MAMBA) n/a
University College Cork (UCC) Emma Galloway Emissions from Animal-Based Fertilizers and their Impact on the Environment and Human Health n/a
National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG) Aoife Crowe Minding the gap: Determining the ecology of the declining and understudied longhorn beetle family (Coleoptera Cerambycidae) n/a
University College Cork (UCC) Diarmuid Moynihan Spectroscopic Investigation of the Climatic Effects of Ultraviolet-absorbing Particles (SPICE-UP): a method-development and field-observation study n/a
University College Cork (UCC) Jarni Braal Innovative sensitive detection of atmospheric trace gas isotopologues n/a
University College Cork (UCC) Sean Ritchie Atmospheric carbon capture using hybrid PSA and membrane system n/a

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Fulbright-EPA awards

Lead OrganisationPrincipal InvestigatorProject Title Co-funded with
University College Dublin (UCD) Caroline Dowling Genetic characterisation of flowering time control in hemp n/a
Fashion Design Academy of Ireland Miriam Keegan Behaviour and the challenges associated with Fast Fashion n/a
University of Dublin, Trinity College (TCD) Iseult Sheehy Urban transition programmes for local and national governments in partnership with Indigenous experts n/a

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DAFM 2021 strategic partnership awards

Lead OrganisationPrincipal InvestigatorProject TitleCo-funded with
Teagasc Karl Richards Land-Use, Agriculture & Bioenergy Measures-for-the-Abatement of Climate Change & inclusion in Marginal Abatement Cost-Curve analyses Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine (DAFM)
Teagasc Pat Touhy Facilitating water table management on carbon rich soils Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine (DAFM)

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Marine Institute 2021 Blue Carbon strategic partnership awards

Lead Organisation Principal Investigator Project Title Co-funded with
University College Dublin (UCD) Grace Cott Investigating Ireland’s Blue Carbon Potential Through a Scientific, Socio-economic and Legislative Approach (BlueC) Marine Institute
University College Dublin (UCD) Mark Coughlan Quantification, characterisation, source and fate of past & present carbon storage in coastal off shore sediments for effective marine management Marine Institute

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2021 EPA Collaborative Awards (2019/2020 Water JPI Joint Transnational Call)

Lead OrganisationPrincipal InvestigatorProject TitleCo-funded with
Dublin City University (DCU) Kevin McGuinness A smart forewarning system for contaminants of emerging concern and pathogens Water JPI funders and EC
Technological University Dublin (TU Dublin) Ahmed Nasr Artificial Intelligence-powered Forecast for Harmful Algal Blooms Water JPI funders and EC

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Fast-track to Policy 2021 Scheme awards

Lead OrganisationPrincipal InvestigatorProject TitleCo-funded with
University College Cork (UCC) Maria McNamara Mapping Understanding and Current Knowledge: Irish Soils Geological Survey of Ireland (GSI)
University College Cork (UCC) Kevin O Connor Circular Bioeconomy Ireland Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine (DAFM)

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