10/04/2021 Highlighting the success of three new project applications in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences recently awarded funding from the New Foundations 2020 Scheme by the Irish Research Council. Congratulations to our colleagues Dr Diarmuid Torney, Dr Danny Marks and Dr. Dervila Cooke on being successfully awarded funding under the New Foundations 2020 scheme by the Irish Research Council. The scheme aims to support research that addresses the challenges of our time and it has awarded funding worth €6.5 million to more than 278 projects since it began in 2015. Helping low-income communities adapt to climate change in Cambodia Dr. Danny Marks is an Assistant Professor of Environmental Politics and Policy in the School of Law and Government and in partnership with the Royal University of Phnom Penh Cambodia, he received funding for his project which aims to reduce the risk of flooding in that region through collective action.