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  Evaluation of decision making factors to facilitate effective safety behaviour of Irish farmers


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  Dr Rachel Nugent  No more applications being accepted  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

About the Project

This MSc/PhD research is to examine and evaluate farm safety management strategies that have the potential to facilitate effective decision making to reduce injury, illness, and fatality statistics on Irish farms. The research will be used to conceptualise a suitable combination of strategies for an optimised safety behaviour programme that is compatible with the national policy objectives of the Farm Safety Partnership’s Safety Action Plan 2017-2020.

Funding Notes

Bursaries have two elements:
a.Maintenance grant €13,000 p.a.
b.Tuition fees (currently €819 p.a.) will be paid by the Institute for all holders of student bursaries. Students are liable for their registration fee. The registration fee for 2019-2020 8 is €3,000 p.a. This will be deducted from maintenance grant, with the balance - €10k paid directly to the awardee’s account, monthly. Annual Award: €13,819
A further allocation for consumables may be made, on a case-by-case basis, up to €2k p/a for desk-based projects and €4k p/a for laboratory/field based projects, available for drawdown during the bursary period, but no later.