Department: School of Business
Vacancy ID: 035722
Closing Date: 13-Jul-2025
Maynooth University is committed to a strategy in which the primary University goals of excellent research and scholarship and outstanding education are interlinked and equally valued.
We are seeking a Research Assistant to join the project “Duck-FEED: Duckweed as a novel, sustainable source of protein for Ireland”, which is funded by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Ireland”. The Duck-Feed project, that brings together researchers from Maynooth University (MU), Technological University Dublin (TUD), Teagasc, and University College Cork (UCC). The central objective of the Duck-Feed project are to develop improved, small scale outdoor cultivation systems, develop Lemna growth on farm waste-streams, optimise protein extraction technology, assess feed quality, economic and environmental viability, and public acceptance of duckweed as a native, protein-rich feedstock.
We seek to appoint a Research Assistant for a 13-month period, with the objective to support the Primary Investigator and the co-applicants in conducting a Political, Economic, Social, and Technological (PEST) analysis to evaluate opportunities and challenges for future adoption and marketing of the innovative and environment-friendly value chain from Duckweed and develop a Decisions Support Tool (DST). Specifically, the candidate will review international knowledge to conduct the Political, Economic and Technological assessment while Social assessment will be conducted by a questionnaire-based consumer study.
Salary
Research Assistant (Level 1): €32,962 p.a. (1 Point)
Appointments will be made in accordance with public sector pay provisions.
Closing Date
23:30hrs (local Irish time) on Sunday, 13th July 2025.
Applications must be submitted by the closing date and time specified above. Any applications which are still in progress at the closing time on the specified closing date will be cancelled automatically by the system.
Late applications will not be accepted.
Maynooth University is an equal opportunities employer
The position is subject to the Statutes of the University #J-18808-Ljbffr