SECTION 1:
APPLICANT DETAILS
Research Themes / A / PRIMARY PRODUCTION
B / FOOD RESEARCH
C / MARINE RESEARCH
D / FORESTRY RESEARCH
E / SUPPLY CHAIN SUSTAINABILITY AND COMPETIVENESS, POLICY AND BIOECONOMY
Research Objective(s)
Project Title
Acronym
Lead Institution
Principal Investigator
Project Coordinator
Address
Telephone No.
Mobile No.
Email
Start Date (dd/mm/yy) /

Completion date (dd/mm/yy)

Collaborating Institutions

Name of Institution / Collaborating Researcher / Total Programme Cost
€ / Total Grant Request
€
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2.
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OVERALL PROGRAMME COST
SECTION 2:
PROGRAMME INFORMATION

2.1 Outline of Programme(up to 200 words)

2.2 Programme Context/ Relevance (up to 1400 words)

  1. Please provide the rationale for the programme, the background to the programme and the relevance of the programme to all stakeholders e.g the end-user (up to 400 words)
  1. Outlinerelevant previous national programme(s) and how your programme proposes to build on this (up to 400 words)
  1. How does the proposed programme align with the Government’s Action Plan for Jobs, Food Harvest 2020, Harnessing Our Ocean Wealth and other relevant national policy documents (up to 200 words)
  1. How does the proposed programme align with European / International Research Initiatives and other relevant European/International policy/regulatory/legislative drivers (up to 200 words)

2.3 Programme Details

Summary Table of Programme Modules

Module No. / Module / Theme / Duration / Date

ProgrammeModule Details

Please provide an outline of the programme modules under each,but not exclusively,the following theme headings,

  1. Agriculture, Food, Marine and Forestry-oriented modules
  2. Professional training for agri-food, marine and forestry researchers
  3. Continued professional development modules if appropriate

Include details of module coordinators, course content, course duration, persons involved in development of modules, persons involved in delivery and the proposed date of delivery. Please ensure that information provided is consistent across all modules.

SECTION 3:

COORDINATOR & COLLABORATOR RESEARCH FUNDING HISTORY

3.1 Track record of the coordinator and individual collaborators in leveraging research and training funding

Outline the research and training funding history of the coordinator and collaborators (up to 400 words)

SECTION 4:
PROGRAMME MANAGEMENT AND INTEGRATION
4.1 Management and integration plan
  1. Outline the coordination plan for the programme and of the institutions involved. Identify any stakeholder involvement in the programme, module development and delivery. Also provide details on the formalisation of training structures etc. In addition identify any measures required to update the programme over time etc.
  1. Outlineanyinitiatives to be undertaken to sustain the programme financially and otherwise either during and/or beyond this DAFM funding term. Details of stakeholder discussions, collaboration with food graduate programmes in other European programmes and Continuing Professional Development should be included as appropriate. Please also describe how the team proposes to leverage funding from these and other sources.
  1. Outline the operational elements relating to Continuing Professional Development in the Programme, if it is included. Describe how this aspect will be financed and how this could be used to underpin the core element of the programme – graduate training.

4.2 Principal researchers

1. Name:

Position held:

Institution:

Address:

Telephone no.:

Email:

Task responsibilities:

Brief résumé:

2. Name:

Position held:

Institution:

Address:

Telephone no.:

Email:

Task responsibilities:

Brief résumé:

3. Name:

Position held:

Institution:

Address:

Telephone no.:

Email:

Task responsibilities:

Brief résumé:

4. Name:

Position held:

Institution:

Address:

Telephone no.:

Email:

Task responsibilities:

Brief résumé:

4.3 Staff recruited to the project (postgraduate, contract etc.)

1. Institution:

Position:

Task responsibilities:

2. Institution:

Position:

Task responsibilities:

3.Institution:

Position:

Task responsibilities:

4.4 Existing trainingfacilities

1. Institution:

Training Rooms:

Equipment:

Other:

2. Institution:

Training Rooms:

Equipment:

Other:

3. Institution:

Training Rooms:

Equipment:

Other:

4. Institution:

Training Rooms:

Equipment:

Other:

SECTION 5:
RELEVANT REFERENCES

Please list all cited references in alphabetical order. See Guidelines for Applicants for further information.

SECTION 6:
BUDGET DETAILS
6.1.Budget details

Please complete the accompanying excel file for this section.

6.2. Justification of costs

Failure to provide adequate information in this section may lead to your proposal being deemed ineligible.

6.2.1. Staff

Justify the role and need of each incumbent in the project (exclude permanent researchers).

6.2.2. Equipment

Justify the purchase of each item of equipment.

Equipment item:

1. Reasons for need

2. Use on the programme

3. Justification for cost:

6.2.3 Consumables

Type of consumables

  1. Quantities required
  1. Use on the programme
  1. Justification for cost

Type of consumables:

  1. Quantities required
  1. Use on the programme
  1. Justification for cost

6.2.4. Travel and Subsistence

Justification of travel and subsistence:

6.2.5. Other agreed costs

Justification of other agreed costs:

DECLARATION

Failure to provide all two signatures requested will result in your proposal being deemed ineligible.

DECLARATION

I declare that the information contained in this application is true to the best of my knowledge and belief, and that this project is/will not be the subject for grant aid from any other source other than that indicated in the Budget Table above.

Signed:______(Project Coordinator)

Print Name:______

Date:______

Signed:______(Authorised officer (VP, Head of Research) within lead Institution)

Print Name:______

Date:______

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