Food Institutional Research Measure (FIRM)
The Food Institutional Research Measure (FIRM) is funded by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and is the primary national funding mechanism for food research in higher education institutions and other public research institutes. FIRM is a public good competitive programme, whereby multi-disciplinary teams from two or more institutions usually carry out the research projects. As this is a public good research measure, beneficiaries are required to widely disseminate the results of their research.
FIRM aims to develop public good technologies that will underpin a competitive, innovative and sustainable food manufacturing and marketing sector. The programme is creating a base of knowledge and expertise in generic technologies that will support a modern, consumer-focused industry and build Ireland's capacity for R&D. A key output of the FIRM is highly trained early stage researchers at PhD and postdoctoral level, with specialist skills particularly relevant to the Irish food sector.
Recent FIRM Awards:
- CALL 2015 Project Abstracts (pdf 749Kb)
- CALL 2014 Project Abstracts (pdf 532Kb)
- CALL 2013 Project Abstracts (pdf 605Kb)
- CALL 2011 Project Abstracts (pdf 622Kb)
- CALL 2011 Supplementary Project Abstracts (pdf 373Kb)
- CALL 2010 Project Abstracts (pdf 407Kb)
FIRM (Pre 2010):
- All FIRM Funded Projects
- Food Safety (pdf 226Kb)
- Food Technology (pdf 205Kb)
- Food & Health (pdf 205Kb)
- Functional Foods (pdf 178Kb)
- Dairy (pdf 199Kb)
- Meat (pdf 200Kb)
- Cereals (pdf 185Kb)
- Value for Money Review of the Food Institutional Research Measure (FIRM) (pdf 1,324Kb)
- FIRM 2007 Research Achievements (pdf 2,480Kb)
- Torthaí Taighde de chuid FIRM 2007 (pdf 1,724Kb)
Current Calls
None
2010 /2011 Projects - One Page Summary Reports
List of selection of Projects under the 2010 and 2011 Firm Programmes (pdf 164Kb)
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