BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition (BTYSTE)

BTYSTE award winners at the Teagasc stand

BTYSTE 2025

BTYSTE 2025 took place from 9-11 January. We invite visitors to visit the Teagasc stand at the 2025 BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition (BTYSTE) where we had a range of hands-on displays throughout the exhibition covering a range of topics from across our Education, Advisory and Research directorates.

Demonstrations and display across the three days included:

Integrating Forestry into Agriculture, Forestry Department, John Casey, Christian Fitzgerald, Michael Somers, Grace Jones, Tomas Byrne, Laura Guillardin, Noel Kennedy
Education at Teagasc, Gavin Fowler, John Mulhern and Ronán Mac Antsaoir
Grass to Plate: Exploring the Science of Flavour and Quality with Walsh Scholar, Sarah Kearney
Aphid Feast: The Plant Survival Game with Postdoctoral researcher, Marta Niedzicka
Epidemiology with Walsh Scholar Avelda Ferreira
Sensory Science: Making Sense of Perception with Walsh Scholar Emily Flanagan

Teagasc Prize

Teagasc sponsors a special award at the event. The Teagasc prize is awarded to the project that best demonstrates a thorough understanding of the science of agricultural or food production, or the use of science to improve technologies available to agricultural or food production.

Previous winners

2025- Alvy Fitzgerald, Anna Duggan, Leah O’Sullivan from St Mary’s Secondary School Mallow with “An Investigation into using Total Leaf-Area as a predictive tool for determining below-ground biomass at all stages in the growth of selected Root-Crop Plants”

2024- Abigail O’Brien Murray, Erica O’Brien Murray and Olivia O’Shea from Loreto Secondary School Balbriggan- “Let’s Save the Common Ash: A Continued Story”

2023 – Aine Shortall and Kate Whyte from Moate Community School, County Westmeath – Creating a solution to anthelmintic resistance in horses

2022 – Johannah Pigott from Colaiste Treasa, Kanturk, Co. Cork – Potential of nematodes to replace pesticides

2021 – Cian Walsh, St. Brogan’s College, Kilbrogan, Bandon, Co. Cork – The social, economic and environmental benefits and drawbacks of growing hemp

2020 – Herbal Leys – Milk Production for the Future

2019 – Freshgraze – Westmeath student Charlie Drumm

2018 – Feeding 9.6 billion people by 2050 – the effects of Pseudomonas flourescens L321 endophyte on enhancing barley crop yield

Education at Teagasc

Teagasc offers education programmes that can help you to develop your career in agriculture, horticulture, equine and forestry.
View flyer Teagasc BTYSTE Education 2023 (PDF)
Teagasc colleges are strategically located and deliver a wide range of Level 5 and Level 6 courses in agriculture, horticulture, equine and forestry. The colleges also collaborate with a number of third level institutions in the delivery of Higher Level courses in agriculture and horticulture.

Research at Teagasc

Teagasc is the leading organisation in the fields of agriculture and food research in Ireland. The research we undertake covers four programme areas: Animal and Grassland Research and Innovation; Crops, Environment and Land Use; Food; and Rural Economy and Development.
View research flyer Teagasc BTYSTE Research 2023 (PDF)