Application Deadline: Friday, 22 July (5pm)
The MSc Scholarship, funded by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine’s Competitive Research Funding Programme, part of an international multi-disciplinary project (SmartDairy) that assesses challenges, explores innovations, and creates new solutions to achieve a climate-smart dairy system. SmartDairy includes partners from Ireland, the UK, Italy and Finland. The main objective of this part of the project is to explore and test the implementation of carbon markets along the dairy supply chain.
The student will work under the supervision of Dr. Doris Laepple (National University of Ireland Galway) and Dr. Sinead Waters (Teagasc) and will be based in the Ryan Institute at NUI Galway. The scholarship funding is €18,000 per annum and university fees of up to a maximum of €6,000 per annum and is tenable for 2 years.
Eligibility
- Strong honours degree (minimum 2.1) in an appropriate discipline, e.g. agricultural sciences, economics, psychology or related discipline
- Knowledge of the Irish and/or EU agri-food sector
- Good communication skills, both written and verbal English language (where English is not the first language
Application Details
- Cover letter
- CV
The complete application should be sent as a single pdf by email simultaneously to:
Dr. Doris Laepple (do***********@nu*******.ie) and Dr. Sinead Waters (si***********@te*****.ie)
For further information regarding the opportunity, contact Dr. Doris Laepple, School of Business and Economics, NUI Galway by email, do***********@nu*******.ie.
