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Teagasc Announces 2012 Walsh Postgraduate Fellowship Programme Awards The Teagasc Authority today, Wednesday 4 April, announced the award of 49 new postgraduate fellowships, mainly to PhD level, under its Walsh Fellowship Postgraduate Programme. These awards represent an overall investment of over €4 million in training the young scientists who will help drive forward Ireland’s growing agri-food industry. The new young graduates will join about 140 existing Walsh Fellows, under the joint supervision of Teagasc and University staff members in undertaking research in agriculture, food, environmental science, agri-food economics, rural development, horticulture and other related disciplines. The Walsh Fellowship Programme is named after Dr Tom Walsh, the first Director of the Agricultural Research Institute (now Teagasc), and a prime mover in developing agricultural and food research in Ireland. The Programme is a key component of Teagasc’s national research programme and promotes closer liaison and collaboration between Teagasc and the nine universities on the island of Ireland, as well as with Institutes of Technology in Ireland and with universities in Europe, the US and New Zealand. The postgraduate programme has taken on an increasingly international dimension in recent years and thirteen of the 2012 awards will involve students training in universities outside of Ireland. Professor Gerry Boyle, Director of Teagasc, stated that “science is becoming an increasingly global discipline and it is vital that our best students are exposed to the best international science and research outside of Ireland. I am particularly pleased that three of this year’s international awards involve an innovative collaboration between Teagasc, Wageningen University in the Netherlands, VITA and Irish Aid, to train young Ethiopian researchers as part of a broader programme on promoting sustainable agricultural practices in Ethiopia.” Dr Frank O’Mara, Director of Research, Teagasc, stated that “the training of Walsh Fellows is very much focused on advancing Teagasc’s mission of promoting innovation in the agri-food sector. It is important that our Walsh Fellows identify with this mission and that their training is innovation-focused. PhD students today must be prepared for a variety of careers outside of academia and they must above all be to the forefront in helping build Ireland’s agri-food sector as a dynamic, consumer-focused and future–oriented industry which avails of new opportunities in expanding international markets for high quality, safe and naturally-produced products.” The Programme is funded through Teagasc Grant-in-Aid, the FIRM and STIMULUS research funds operated by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, other national research funds and the EU Framework programme. For further details, see www.teagasc.ie/research/postgrad
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Fógraíonn Teagasc Dámhachtainí Chlár Chomhaltacht Iarchéime Walsh 2012 04 Aibreán 2012 D’fhógair Údarás Theagaisc inniu, Dé Céadaoin 4 Aibreán gur bronnadh 49 comhaltacht iarchéime Walsh nua, suas go dtí leibhéal an PhD go príomhúil, mar chuid dá Chlár Chomhaltacht Iarchéime Walsh. Is amhail na dámhachtainí seo agus infheistíocht iomlán d’os cionn €4 milliún in oiliúint na n-eolaithe óga a chabhróidh le cur chun cinn thionscail agraibhia na hÉireann atá ag fás. In éíneacht leis na 140 comhaltacht Walsh atá ann cheana, faoi chomhmhaoirseacht Theagaisc agus bhaill foirne na nOllscoileanna, tabharfaidh na céimithe nua óga faoi thaighde sa talmhaíocht, bia, eolaíocht chomhshaoil, eacnamaíocht agraibhia, forbairt tuaithe, gairneoireacht agus disciplíní gaolmhaire eile. Ainmníodh Clár Chomhaltacht Walsh i ndiaidh an Dr Tom Walsh, céad stiúrthóir an Insitiúid Thaighde Talmhaíochta (Teagasc anois), boc mór ó thaobh fhorbairt thaighde talmhaíochta agus bia in Éirinn de. Is píosa ríthabhachtach de chlár thaighde náisiúnta Theagaisc é an Clár agus cuireann sé comhoibriú agus teagmháil níos dlúithe chun cinn idir Teagasc agus na naoi n-ollscoil ar oileán na hÉireann, chomh maith le hinstitiúidí teicneolaíochta in Éirinn agus le hollscoileanna san Eoraip, sna Stáit Aontaithe agus sa Nua-Shéalainn. Le blianta beaga anuas, tá gné níos idirnáisiúnta ag an gclár iarchéime tar éis teacht chun cinn agus beidh 13 chinn de na dámhachtain ag dul chuig mic léinn atá ag freastail ar ollscoileanna thar lear. Dúirt an tOllamh Gerry Boyle, stiúrthóir Theagaisc, go bhfuil “an eolaíocht ag éirí níos domhanda in aghaidh an lae agus tá sé ríthabháchtach go mbeidh rochtain ag ár mic léinn ar an eolaíocht agus ar an taighde idirnáisiúnta is fearr taobh amuigh d’Éirinn. Táim sásta go háirithe go bhfuil baint ag trí chinn de na dámhachtainí idirnáisúnta i mbliana le comhoibriú nuálaíoch idir Teagasc, Ollscoil Wageningen san Ísealtír, VITA agus Cúnamh Éireann chun taighdeóirí óga ón Aetóip a oiliúint mar chuid de chlár níos leithne ar chur chun cinn cleachtas inbhaunaithe san Aetóip.” Dúirt an Dr Frank Ó Mara, Stiúrthóir Taighde ag Teagasc, go bhfuil oiliúint Chomhaltaí Walsh dírithe ar mhisean Theagaisc a chur chun cinn, misean chun nuálaíocht a chothú san earnáil agraibhia. Tá sé tábhachtach go n-ionannóidh ár gComhaltaí Walsh leis an misean seo agus go mbeidh a gcuid oiliúna dírithe ar an nuálaíocht. Caithfear mic léinn PhD a ullmhú do réimse gairme thar an saol acadúil agus, níos mó ná aon rud eile, caithfidh siad bheith ar thús cadhnaíochta maidir le forbairt na hearnála agraibhia mar thionscal dinimiciúil, dírithe ar thomhaltóirí agus ar an todhchaí, a bhaineann tairbhe as deiseanna nua i margaí idirnáisiúnta atá ag leathnú le haghaidh táirgí ar ardchaighdeán atá slán agus táirgthe go nádúrtha.” Maoinítear an Clár trí Dheontas i gCabhair Theagaisc, cistí taighde FIRM agus STIMULUS, stiúrtha ag an Roinn Talmhaíochta, Bia agus Muire, ag cistí náisiúnta taighde eile agus ag Creatchlár an AE. Le sonraí a fháil, féach ar www.teagasc.ie/research/postgrad