The EPA Research Programme funds environmental research projects in Ireland. It has provided over €170 million for research since 2000. In 2017, the EPA provided funding through various calls including the Green Enterprise Scheme and an EPA/HSE tender. The EPA collaborates with other agencies on funding, including the Irish Research Council, Science Foundation Ireland, and EU programmes like Horizon 2020. Researchers can interact with the EPA by submitting proposals, providing ideas, attending events, and staying updated through the EPA's newsletters and social media.

1. EPA Research Programme
ReVolv Launch
Alice Wemaere, EPA Research
Tuesday 11th July 2017

2. EPA
Research
Related
EPA-funded
Project
EU CIP Eco-
Innovation
EU Funding
(Horizon
2020)
Interacting
with us

3. Funding Research
A research programme that addresses knowledge gaps and helps
identify solutions to emerging and complex environmental
problems
R&D
94-99
(€7m)
ERTDI
2000-06
(€55.6m)
STRIVE
2007-13
(€74.3m)
EPA
Research
2014-20
(€30.9m
to-date)
c. €8.5m / yr

4. Research for…
Identifying Pressures
Informing Policy
Developing Solutions

5. EPA Research 2014-2020

6. 2017 Funding
 Green Enterprise 2017 Scheme (Closed on 09/06/17)
 EPA/HSE Tender (e-Tender) on Priority Settings in the
Environment & Health Research Area (Closed on 22/06/17)
 EPA 2017 Research Calls (Closed on 03/07/17)
 TBC: Additional Call on the UN SDGs (exp. to open in July 2017)
 Transnational Funding:
 BiodivERsA Joint Call (EPA/MI cofunding) – September 2017
 Water JPI Joint Call (UN SDGs) – August/September 2017

7. Strategic Partnerships
National Level
 Irish Research Council (Scholarships)
 Science Foundation Ireland (Investigator Programme)
 Co-funding (as part of EPA or other funders calls)
 ESAI/EPA Grassroots Workshop Support
International Level
 Horizon 2020
 Climate JPI (next call in 2018)
 Water JPI (upcoming call in June 2017)
 BiodivERsA (upcoming call in 2017)
 Fulbright Awards

8. Where do we fit?
Demonstration/Pre-Commercialisation Research: Horizon 2020
Applied/Demonstration Research: EPA Green Enterprise Scheme,
SFI-EPA Investigator Programme, Joint Transnational Calls
Basic/Applied Research EPA Research Calls(policy-driven), EPA-
Fulbright Awards
Basic Research: IRC-EPA Scholarship Scheme

9.  2008 EPA Research Call – c. €350k
 Identify Technologies to Assist Waste Management
• Research project aimed at:
 Creating eco-innovation in Ireland
 Developing novel recycling technology
 Preventing hazardous materials reaching air, water or soil
 Enhancing the output of economically relevant knowledge
Innovative Process for
Recycling of LCD Displays

10. • Innovative process to recycling LCD displays invented
and patent filed in Dec 2009
• Prototype machine designed and manufactured during
the project
• A spin-out company, ALR Innovations
• Research findings published in EPA STRIVE Report 122
Innovative Process for
Recycling of LCD Displays

11. Eco-Innovation Initiative
 Designed to implement the EU's Eco-innovation Action Plan -
CIP Eco-innovation
 Bridges the gap between research and the market
 Ideas for innovative products, services & processes that protect
the environment => Commercial prospects, ready for use by
business and industry
 Between 2008 and 2013: c. €200 million

12. Three Priorities
Excellent
science
Industrial
leadership
Societal
challenges

13. Climate action, environment, resource efficiency and raw
materials
Objective:
"to achieve a resource– and water– efficient and climate change
resilient economy and society, the protection and sustainable
management of natural resources and ecosystems, and a sustainable
supply and use of raw materials, in order to meet the needs of a
growing global population within the sustainable limits of the planet's
natural resources and eco-systems."
Societal Challenge 5

14. Next Calls: 2018-20
(in preparation)
Call: "Building a low-carbon, climate resilient future:
climate action in support of the Paris
Agreement"
Call: "Greening the economy in line with the
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)"

15. How to interact with us
Submit a
Research
Proposal (Q2)
Suggest future
research ideas
(Q4/Q1)
Contribute to
our Research
Newsletter
Attend our
events (e.g.
Info. Day)
Request
support/advice
re EU Funding
(H2020)
Subscribe to our
Newsletters,
Follow us on
Twitter
Contribute to
our Survey on
Communication
Tools

16. More Info
 EPA Research Newsletter
 @EPAResearchNews
 EPA Research on web
 EPA Research Reports
 Searchable Projects Database
 SAFER-data (Project outputs, datasets)
 DROPLET (Water research in Ireland)
 Catalogue of Irish Expertise in Env. Research

17. research@epa.ie