Cluster 6 Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment

Cluster 6 aims to accelerate the transition towards the sustainable management of natural resources. It includes measures for: climate neutrality of primary production, circular management of resources, sustainable and healthy food systems, halt of biodiversity decline, and prevention and removal of pollution.

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THE TEAM

Dr Willie Ryan

National Contact Point (NCP) for Horizon Europe Cluster 6 - Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment and NCP for the Soil Deal Mission

Mark Sweeney

National Contact Point (NCP) for Horizon Europe Cluster 5 - Climate, Cluster 6 - Environment and NCP for Climate Adaptation Mission

Dr Fiona Grant

National Contact Point (NCP) for Horizon Europe cluster 6 – Natural Resources and NCP for Ocean and Waters Mission

Dr Darragh O’Neill

National Contact Point (NCP) for Cluster 6 - Environment

Latest

Cultivating resilience through urban foo...

by Anne-Marie Daly

Cluster 6 Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment

Cultivating resilience through urban food sharing – the Horizon EU-funded-project has 19 partners across Europe developing the “Food Sharing Compass”. Professor Anna Davies shares her experience of building a project consortium.

BUDDIE-PACK joins push to reduce single-...

by Brigid Burke

Cluster 6 Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment

BUDDIE-PACK, a Horizon EU-funded project seeks ways to eliminate single-use plastic in the food and home care sectors. With 19 partners across six European countries, the project is focused on developing reusable plastic packaging.

Recipe for success: securing funding for...

by Anne-Marie Daly

Cluster 1 Health

Recipe for success: securing funding for agri-food research. This project received €2.1 million from the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 programme, as part of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Cofund programme, to support the creation of this postdoctoral fellowship scheme, with a further €3.1 million coming from Teagasc.

Social Sciences and Humanities webinar (...

by Anne-Marie Daly

Cluster 6 Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment

SSH Opportunities under Horizon Europe’s Cluster 6 event took place in June 2022. Checkout here a recording along with presentations and Q&A which you may find of interest.

Project SMARTAGRIHUBS – connecting Europ...

by Anne-Marie Daly

Cluster 6 Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment

“The SmartAgriHubs project has been invaluable not just to Walton but to Ireland, as it’s allowed us to build a network of contacts and strong strategic relations with similar partners across Europe.”

Horizon Europe Marine Network Event – Presentations & Recording

Horizon Europe Marine Network Event R...

by Anne-Marie Daly

Cluster 6 Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment

International partnering event recording along with presentations are shared here.

Project NIVA – Simplifying The Common Ag...

by Anne-Marie Daly

Cluster 6 Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment

Horizon 2020 is an ideal funding stream as it enables cross-border collaboration and ensures that technology developed will be fit for purpose on a pan European basis.”

Project DEMETER: Supporting transformati...

by Dr Martha Cahill

Cluster 6 Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment

There were multiple challenges, including a substantial amount of EU politics at the start with many partners wanting to take the lead, but we were determined to keep DEMETER rooted in Ireland.