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Press release Minister Heydon announces grant awards of €473,289 under ‘‘Joint Programming Initiative – A Healthy Diet for a Healthy Life’’ Research Call   The Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon T.D., today announced two new research grant awards by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. The awards amount to almost €475,000 and facilitate researchers in Teagasc and UCD to collaborate on international research projects relating to nutrition in older citizens. The...

Teagasc has been awarded €250,000 while UCD has secured €225,000. \ Philip Doyle Researchers in Teagasc and UCD have secured almost €475,000 in grant aid from the Department of Agriculture to collaborate on international projects relating to nutrition in older citizens. Announcing the awards, Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture Martin Heydon said the projects selected focused on the development of food products aimed at the prevention of diet-related disease and issues relating to poor nutrition in older citizens. “I am delighted to announce two new research awards for ...