DAERA-DAFM co-funded Research and Development
DAERA supports Research Performing Organisations in NI to participate as partners with their counterparts in the Republic of Ireland in joint proposals that will benefit the local rural and agri-food sectors. DAERA co-funds each new Research call under the Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine’s (DAFM’s) competitive research funding programme.
The DAERA / DAFM Competitive Research Call encourages applications that are:
- collaborative & inter-institutional
- address multiple research objectives
- involve an integrated holistic approach
- multidisciplinary involving a number of biosciences and
- contribute meaningfully to innovation
Current Call
2025 Competitive Call for Research Proposals
Work Programmes (by Year)
For further information on each of the commissioning years, please click on the relevant link below.
Research Projects
For further information on the projects commissioned each year, please see Successful DAFM-DAERA projects.
Further Information
For further information contact:
Chief Scientific Adviser’s Office
Science, Evidence and Innovation Policy Division
DAERA
Ground Floor, Ballykelly House
111 Ballykelly Road
Limavady
BT49 9HP
Telephone: 028 77 442211 or 028 77 445159
Email: collaborative.research@daera-ni.gov.uk