EPA-funded research

EPA-funded research is essential to:

  • Supporting the monitoring, assessment, reporting and regulatory activities of the EPA.
  • Generating evidence crucial in assisting Ireland in meeting its commitments and requirements under the various international, EU and national policies and strategies.
  • Generating the evidence base that supports decision making, behaviour change and policy development.
  • Addressing knowledge gaps, providing the evidence-base and responding to priority challenges.
  • Supporting multi-disciplinary, cross-sectoral and multistakeholder partnership projects.
  • Developing environmental research capacity in Ireland, recognising the importance of not only sustaining the research-base but also of building and training the researchers in specific areas.

Environmental policies must be underpinned by an in-depth level of knowledge that needs to be delivered through a systematic programme of environmental research and assessment.

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