06/04/2021 Five research projects at Dublin City University have been awarded funding as part of the Irish Research Council’s New Foundations 2020 scheme. The Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris TD, made the announcement earlier today (Tuesday 6 April). A total of 76 projects have been awarded, bringing researchers and community/voluntary organisations together to share knowledge and develop new insights that will help to create a better society for all. The projects announced 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 and on the delivery of services is also a significant theme within the research projects being announced.