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Research Stimulus Fund (RSF)

‌‌‌‌‌‌‌The Research Stimulus Fund (RSF) provides funding to the Irish research institutes for 'public good' agricultural production related research. The main aims of the programme are to support sustainable and competitive agricultural production practices and policies, and contribute to building and maintaining a knowledge economy and research capability in the primary agriculture sector. Grant awards are made for projects undertaken collaboratively by DAFM approved Research Performing Organisations (RPO’s). Most of the Stimulus programme expenditure arises on foot of successful applications to DAFM’s National Calls for proposals that are held periodically. The Stimulus programme is also used to fund Irish researchers that emerge successfully in competitive collaborative transnational research Calls including various European Research Area Networks (ERA-Nets) and the US-Ireland Research & Development Partnership.

Summary Details of RSF Projects:

• National Call 2015 RSF Projects (pdf 338Kb) ‌‌
• National Call 2014 RSF Projects (pdf 410Kb) ‌
• National Call 2013 RSF Projects (pdf 330Kb) ‌
• National Call 2011 RSF Projects (pdf 430Kb) ‌
• National Call 2010 RSF Projects (pdf 203Kb) ‌
• RSF Projects Funded under Transnational Calls 2011-2015 (pdf 313Kb) 
• RSF projects funded under EraGas Call 2016 (pdf 381Kb) 
• RSF projects funded under SusAn Call 2016 (pdf 285Kb) 
• RSF projects funded under US-Ireland R&D Partnership Call 2016 (pdf 273Kb) 

RSF(Pre 2010):  

• RSF Projects (Pre 2010)