Scholarship Opportunities
Under the Teagasc Walsh Scholarships Programme, a number of postgraduate opportunities in agriculture, horticulture, food, agri-food economics, rural development and rural environment, as well as specific topics are advertised over a number of months.
There are currently a number of current opportunities advertised and further opportunities yet to be advertised. See below regarding these opportunities.
Prospective Scholars
For informal enquires and further information regarding a specific opportunity, please complete this Expressions of Interest Form and email to the supervisors directly.
Please view The Walsh Scholarships for further information on this postgraduate programme.
Current Opportunities:
Prevention and control of clinical mastitis and associated antimicrobial use
in dairy cows
Full details: PhD Opportunity 2022034 (PDF)
Closing date: 15 November 2022
Agronomy of multi-species grassland mixtures to optimise yield under lower nitrogen conditions
Full details: PhD Opportunity 2021226 (PDF)
Closing date: 28 October 2022
Development of low nitrogen input forage rotations to lessen imported feed dependence, climate shock vulnerability and to sequester carbon
Full details: PhD Opportunity 2022050 (PDF)
Closing date: 09 November 2022
Dairy grassland management at low chemical nitrogen - defining a blueprint for multispecies swards for agronomic and environmental benefits
Full details: PhD Opportunity 2022049 (PDF)
Closing date: 07 October 2022
Optimizing grazing infrastructure on dairy and beef farms
Full details: MSc Opportunity 2019048 (PDF)
Closing date: 07 October 2022
Investigating the agronomic suitability of PRG-RC silage swards
Full details: PhD Opportunity 2022069 (PDF)
Closing date: 14 October 2022
Reducing fertiliser nitrogen losses of ammonia gas and of the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide using nitrification and urease inhibitor technologies
Full details: PhD Opportunity 2022203 (PDF)
Closing date: 16 October 2022
Additional Opportunities:
Walsh Scholarship Number: 2020038
Duration - 4 Year Structured PhD
Title: Spatial Optimisation for Indicative Land Uses; a soil-climate based assessment
Further details (pdf)
Walsh Scholarship Number: 2021063
Duration - 4 Year Structured PhD
Title: Quantification of Carbon fluxes from organic and organo-mineral soils
Further details (pdf)