Dundalk research project funding

A researcher at Dundalk Institute of Technology will receive funding under the Irish Research Council’s New Foundations programme.

The announcement was made by Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris TD, who welcomed funding for a total of 76 research projects through the scheme.

The Dundalk Institute of Technology awardee set to receive funding is Professor Suzanne Smith for her project ‘Care at Home’.

The New Foundations programme aims to bring researchers and community/voluntary organisations together to share knowledge and develop new insights to help create a better society for all.

Since 2015, over 200 community, voluntary and charity organisations have engaged across various Irish Research Council programmes, 278 projects have been funded with an associated investment in excess of €6.5 million.

The 76 projects announced yesterday will reach out across communities to look at diverse issues, including those affecting carers, senior citizens, young people, migrant communities, and the LGBT+ community. The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the wellbeing of different groups in society is also a significant theme within the research projects.