Athy & Clane - Maynooth MD Set To Benefit From Funding Under EU Just Transition Fund

Wednesday, 16 August 2023 16:34

By Caoimhe Harney

€10 million will be available under two bio-economy funding initiatives

Athy and Clane- Maynooth MD have been listed as 'Designated Territories' in the midlands Bioeconomy Demonstration Initiative.

Some €10 million will be available under two bio-economy funding initiatives, under the EU Just Transition Fund.

Other areas that will benefit in the midlands include the counties of Laois, Longford, Offaly, Westmeath, Roscommon, and the Municipal Districts of Ballinasloe (Co. Galway), and Carrick-on-Suir and Thurles (Co. Tipperary).

It will offer the opportunity to support close collaboration between stakeholders along the entire bio-based value chain, including SMEs, research performing organisations, universities, local authorities, clusters, primary producers, bioprocessing industries, and consumer brands.

Minister for Agriculture, Food, and the Marine Charlie McConalogue T.D., along with his colleagues Ministers of State Martin Heydon T.D. and Senator Pippa Hackett announced the opening of a new innovation support measure for the bioeconomy.

The ‘Bioeconomy Demonstration Initiative’ is part of the EU Just Transition Fund for Ireland and is designed to pilot and demonstrate the bioeconomy in action within the Just Transition Fund Territory. The scheme is co-funded by the Government of Ireland and the European Union through the EU Just Transition Fund.

Applications must be submitted online through Application Submission Portal - Department of Agriculture, Food, and the Marine (flexigrant.com) with a closing date of 13^th October 2023.