EPA Research 2022 awards

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2022 Research awards

A total of 94 awards were made in 2022, including strategic partnerships at national and international level.

Scheme	Awards made	Funding committed
2022 EPA Research Call including	42	€10,750,732.34
Addressing Climate Change Evidence Needs Delivering a Healthy Environment Facilitating a Green and Circular Economy Protecting and Restoring our Natural Environment	13 8 10 11	€3,136,549.78 €2,704,836.78 €1,766,677.00 €3,142,668.78
2022 Innovation and Demonstration projects	7	€597,028.50
2022 - EPA-Irish Research Council Scholarship Scheme	9	€797,080.00
2022 Fulbright-EPA Awards	2	€26,273.04
DAFM 2022 strategic partnership	1	€60,000.00
Strategic partnership with the GSI	1	€120,862.00
2022 EPA Collaborative Awards (2020/2021 BioDIVRestore Joint Transnational Call)	1	€146,876.76
2022 EPA Collaborative Awards (2021/2022 Biodiversa+ Joint Transnational Call)	1	€249,100.00
Event Support 2022 Scheme	14	€ 40,770.00
EPA-ESRI Research Framework Agreement	14	€1,190,000.00
EPA-IPA Research Framework Agreement	2	€440,400.00
Total	94	€14,419,122.64

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2022 EPA Research Call - Addressing Climate Change Evidence Needs

Lead Organisation	Principal Investigator	Project Title	Project Type	Co-funded with
Dublin City University (DCU)	Darren Clarke	Addressing the Political-Economic Barriers to Climate Adaptation in Ireland	Desk Study	n/a
Maynooth University (MU)	Conor Murphy	HydroDARE: Detection and Attribution of Change in Hydrological Series	Medium Scale Project	Met Éireann
University College Dublin (UCD)	Leonhard Lades	Assessing administrative burdens as barriers to implementation of Ireland’s 2021 Climate Action Plan	Medium Scale Project	n/a
University of Galway	Colin O'Dowd	Emission verification for nitrous oxide	Large Scale Project	n/a
University of Dublin, Trinity College (TCD)	Laurence Gill	Refined estimates of atmospheric emissions associated with wastewater treatment processes for Ireland	Medium Scale Project	n/a
University of Limerick (UL)	Yvonne Ryan-Fogarty	F gas Use, Scale and Environment: An Improved Indicative Inventory for Ireland	Desk Study	n/a
University of Dublin, Trinity College (TCD)	Matthew Saunders	Assessing Peatland Emissions of Nitrous Oxide	Medium Scale Project	n/a
University College Dublin (UCD)	Mary Kelly-Quinn	The impact of extreme climatic events on ecosystems - Scoping study	Desk Study	n/a
Maynooth University (MU)	Conor Murphy	Operationalising Resilience in Irish Climate Action*	Desk Study	Met Éireann
University of Dublin, Trinity College (TCD)	Julie Clarke	Climate change impacts costing study and an economic appraisal of adaptation measures in Ireland	Medium Scale Project	n/a
University College Cork (UCC)	Hannah Daly	Sustainable integrated pathways for carbon-negative energy, land and food systems	Medium Scale Project	Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine (DAFM)
University College Cork (UCC)	Fiona Cawkwell	Fire, Land and Atmospheric Remote Sensing of Emissions-Projections, Policy and Land use and cover Synthesis	Medium Scale Project	Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine (DAFM)
University of Galway	Liz Coleman	Understanding Ozone Levels in Ireland	Desk Study	n/a

*Awarded in early 2023 - part of 2023 commitment

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2022 EPA Research Call - Delivering a Healthy Environment

Lead Organisation	Principal Investigator	Project Title	Project Type	Co-funded with
Teagasc	Catherine (Kaye) Burgess	Utilising Integrated constructed wetlands to Reduce Antimicrobial resistance and increase Carbon sequestration in the Environment	Large Scale Project	n/a
Maynooth University (MU)	Fiona Walsh	Nationwide analysis of Antimicrobial Resistance in soil environments to bridge the current data knowledge gaps	Medium Scale Project	Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine (DAFM)
Dublin City University (DCU)	James Carton	Hydrogen Environment Protection, Analysis, Awareness & Review	Desk Study	n/a
University College Dublin (UCD)	Ainhoa Gonzalez	Toolkit for Proportionate and Consistent Consideration of Population and Human Health in Strategic Environmental Assessment	Medium Scale Project	n/a
University of Galway	James McGrath	Investigating the National Implications For Radon Concentrations Following Deep Energy-Efficient Retrofits; Multiple metric assessment approach	Medium Scale Project	n/a
Dublin City University (DCU)	David O'Connor	Occurrence and sources of persistent, mobile and toxic substances in Irish waters	Medium Scale Project	n/a
University of Galway	Alison Connolly	Human Biomonitoring for Ireland – the HBM4IRE study	Desk Study	n/a
Dublin City University (DCU)	Fiona Regan	Investigating PFAS from Source to sink - Assessing risk to inform a PFAS Strategy in Ireland	Large Scale Project	n/a

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2022 EPA Research Call - Facilitating a Green and Circular Economy

Lead Organisation	Principal Investigator	Project Title	Project Type	Co-funded with
Maynooth University (MU)	Peter Mooney	Crowdsourced Knowledge to drive SME Circular Economy Engagement	Medium Scale Project	n/a
University College Cork (UCC)	Peter Mooney Bernadette Power	The Role of Irish Small Medium-Sized Enterprises in the Transition to a More Circular Economy	Medium Scale Project	n/a
The Rediscovery Centre	Jack McCarthy	A critical analysis of Ireland's Circular Material Use Rate	Desk Study	Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine (DAFM)
Foster Environmental Limited	Percy Foster	Optimised Plus- Food Waste Collected from Apartments	Medium Scale Project	n/a
Technological University Dublin (TU Dublin)	Anushree Priyadarshini	FIX-Éire: Food Waste Footprint Index for Ireland	Medium Scale Project	n/a
Gavin and Doherty Geosolutions Ltd.	Cian Desmond	A framework for the high-value recycling of construction by-products	Medium Scale Project	n/a
Maynooth University (MU)	Markus Helfert	A Value Centric Approach for Circular Businesses to reduce Virgin Material in the construction sector	Medium Scale Project	n/a
Irish Green Building Council	Pat Barry	Circular Built Environment Playbook	Medium Scale Project	Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine (DAFM)
University of Galway	Liam Heaphy	Town Revitalisation through the Integration of Vacant Buildings into the Circular Economy	Medium Scale Project	n/a
University of Limerick (UL)	Colin Fitzpatrick	Remanufacturing for Ireland	Medium Scale Project	n/a

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2022 EPA Research Call - Protecting and Restoring our Natural Environment

Lead Organisation	Principal Investigator	Project Title	Project Type	Co-funded with
University College Dublin (UCD)	Jens Carlsson	Integration of DNA-based assessment tools into water quality and biodiversity monitoring	Large Scale Project	Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine (DAFM)
University College Dublin (UCD)	Florence Renou-Wilson	Peat-Hub-Ireland	Large Scale Project Desk Study	Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine (DAFM)
Maynooth University (MU)	Conor Murphy	IHRN: Update and Expansion of an Irish Hydrometric Reference Network for monitoring climate signals	Medium Scale Project	n/a
University College Dublin (UCD)	Jonathan Turner	Guidance for Regulatory Standards in Hydromorphology for Surface Waters in Ireland	Medium Scale Project	n/a
University of Galway	Alastair McKinstry	Earth Observation Data Cube For Ireland	Medium Scale Project	n/a
University of Galway	Agnieszka Indiana Olbert	An exploitation of remote sensing CMEMS products for monitoring of transitional and coastal waters	Medium Scale Project	n/a
University of Dublin, Trinity College (TCD)	John Connolly	A Satellite-driven model to upscale Irish CO2 Net Ecosystem Exchange across terrestrial environments.	Medium Scale Project	n/a
Atlantic Technological University (ATU)	Shane O'Reilly	Microbial and Metabolite-based indicators for soil health	Medium Scale Project	n/a
University College Dublin (UCD)	Olaf Schmidt	Characterising and mapping relationships between Tellus soil geochemistry data and rapidly-assessed soil biodiversity in Ireland	Medium Scale Project	Geological Survey Of Ireland (GSI)
University of Galway	David Styles	Land integrated modelling for net Zero emissions, Nutrient efficiency and Ecosystem Services delivery	Medium Scale Project	Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine (DAFM)
University College Dublin (UCD)	Thomas Curran	Ammonia Impact Reduction on Natura 2000 sites	Medium Scale Project	n/a

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2022 Innovation and Demonstration awards

Lead Organisation	Principal Investigator	Project Title	Project Type	Co-funded with
Reuse Island	Angela Ruttledge	Vytal Ireland: The Reuse System	Green Enterprise	n/a
shareclub	Sarah Fliessbach	Pilot project for reusable packaging system for takeaway food and drink	Green Enterprise	n/a
FoodCloud	Tara Clarke	The FoodCloud Kitchen - A delicious way to save the planet	Green Enterprise	n/a
Irish Green Building Council	Pat Barry	IGBC ATU & Limerick 2030 Circular Economy Construction demonstrator project	Green Enterprise	n/a
ELV Environmental Services CLG	Elena Wrelton	Electric Loops: A study into the reuse of electric vehicle component parts	Green Enterprise	n/a
The Rediscovery Centre	Jack McCarthy	Food Rescue and Research Cafe	Green Enterprise	n/a
Jiminy Eco Toys	Peadar ó Dálaigh	RePlay - Refurbished Toys	Green Enterprise	n/a

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EPA-Irish Research Council Scholarships Scheme awards

Lead Organisation	Applicant	Project Title	Co-funded with
University of Galway	Cherrelle Johnson	Bioplastics: An Evaluation of Sustainability	n/a
Maynooth University (MU)	Gillian Collins	New Cobalt based selenides as electrocatalysts for water splitting and fuel cell applications	n/a
University College Dublin (UCD)	Lydia Thompson	Protecting Bumblebees: How Agri-Environmental Schemes and Grassland Restoration Differ in Their Protection of Bumblebee Species	n/a
University of Galway	Ciara Wall	Machine-learning-techniques towards understanding and predicting physical drivers and impact of climate-change at catchment-scale in Ireland	n/a
Maynooth University (MU)	Csaba Horvath	Storylines for a Climate Resilient Ireland	n/a
University College Cork (UCC)	Julia Le Maitre	Opportunities and barriers for citizen participation in the energy transition: Onshore wind-energy policy in Ireland	n/a
University College Dublin (UCD)	Stephen Wall	The potential of the New-European-Bauhaus to promote a just low-carbon-transition as a desirable-goal in Irish-towns.	n/a
Maynooth University (MU)	Meshack Obebo Moranga	Natural colonisation of forest on post-industrial peatlands – implications for ecosystem services	n/a
University College Cork (UCC)	Chris Moran	Investigating the nature of the value-action gap among ‘conscious’ consumers in environmental food behaviours	n/a

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Fulbright-EPA awards

Lead Organisation	Principal Investigator	Project Title	Co-funded with
University of Dublin, Trinity College (TCD)	Andrew Neill	Untangling cultural ecosystem services in Ireland: Modelling visitation, recreation, and aesthetics	n/a
Queen's University Belfast (QUB)	Nuala Flood	Designing Place-based Climate Resilience: Exploring the Pedagogy-Practice-Continuum of Spatial-Design for Resilience in the NYC Region	n/a

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DAFM 2022 strategic partnership awards

Lead Organisation	Principal Investigator	Project Title	Co-funded with
University of Dublin, Trinity College (TCD)	John Connolly	Repeat	Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine (DAFM)

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Strategic partnership with the GSI (ERAMin3 Call) awards

Lead Organisation	Principal Investigator	Project Title	Co-funded with
Compliance and Risks Ltd.	Danny Cassidy	Scaling up circular economy business model by new design, leaner remanufacturing, and automated material recycling-technologies	Geological Survey Ireland (GSI)

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2022 EPA Collaborative Awards (2020/2021 BioDIVRestore Joint Transnational Call) awards

Lead Organisation	Principal Investigator	Project Title	Co-funded with
University of Galway	Thomas van Rensburg	DEEP REST: Conservation and restoration deep sea ecosystems in the context of deep sea mining	n/a

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2022 EPA Collaborative Awards (2021/2022 Biodiversa+ Joint Transnational Call) awards

Lead Organisation	Principal Investigator	Project Title	Co-funded with
University College Cork (UCC)	Emer Rogan	Combining environmentalDNA sampling, whale watching & citizen science for stakeholder-driven marine biodiversity protection - NE Atlantic & Mediterranean	National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS)

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EPA-ESRI Research Framework Agreement awards

Lead Organisation	Principal Investigator	Project Title	Co-funded with
Economic & Social Research Institute (ESRI)	Anne Nolan	Experimental tests of the effects of ‘greenwashing’ on consumer choice	Economic & Social Research Institute (ESRI)
Economic & Social Research Institute (ESRI)	Anne Nolan	Pre-testing the design of effective eco-labels	Economic & Social Research Institute (ESRI)
Economic & Social Research Institute (ESRI)	Anne Nolan	Ex-ante cost-benefit analysis of selected radon prevention measures in Ireland	Economic & Social Research Institute (ESRI)
Economic & Social Research Institute (ESRI)	Anne Nolan	Prevention and control of pollution in Ireland since 2008: role and effects of licence & enforcement	Economic & Social Research Institute (ESRI)
Economic & Social Research Institute (ESRI)	Anne Nolan	Evaluate the behavioural and knowledge impacts of Citizen Science project – Clean Air Together (Dublin)	Economic & Social Research Institute (ESRI)
Economic & Social Research Institute (ESRI)	Anne Nolan	Identifying everyday barriers to climate mitigation behaviours	Economic & Social Research Institute (ESRI)
Economic & Social Research Institute (ESRI)	Anne Nolan	Using European survey data to understand the interaction between attitudes and actions and potential barriers	Economic & Social Research Institute (ESRI)
Economic & Social Research Institute (ESRI)	Anne Nolan	Irish Consumption-based Emissions	Economic & Social Research Institute (ESRI)
Economic & Social Research Institute (ESRI)	Anne Nolan	Comparing Irish consumption-based emissions with other EU countries	Economic & Social Research Institute (ESRI)
Economic & Social Research Institute (ESRI)	Anne Nolan	Public perceptions of environmental risks	Economic & Social Research Institute (ESRI)
Economic & Social Research Institute (ESRI)	Anne Nolan	Healthcare costs of poor air quality	Economic & Social Research Institute (ESRI)
Economic & Social Research Institute (ESRI)	Anne Nolan	Equity in environmental exposures over time and across countries	Economic & Social Research Institute (ESRI)
Economic & Social Research Institute (ESRI)	Anne Nolan	Estimating the non-hospital costs of water-related diseases	Economic & Social Research Institute (ESRI)
Economic & Social Research Institute (ESRI)	Anne Nolan	A randomised controlled trial to promote radon remediation	Economic & Social Research Institute (ESRI)

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EPA-IPA Research Framework Agreement awards

Lead Organisation	Principal Investigator	Project Title	Co-funded with
Institute of Public Administration (IPA)	John O Neill	Wider Environmental Governance & Implementation Science	n/a
Institute of Public Administration (IPA)	John O Neill	Waste & Circular Economy Governance	n/a

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