Galway Bay fm newsroom - NUI Galway is to lead three research projects as part of a coordinated COVID-19 rapid response research, development and innovation programme.
The investment of €10.5 million will support 39 COVID-19 research projects nationwide.
The three NUI Galway projects have been awarded almost €700,000 in total.
The first is set to examine how the antibodies our bodies make affect the course of disease in COVID-19,
Another will investigate respecting people with disabilities’ needs and rights in crisis and emergency, while the final project will assess crisis coping for marginalised youth as well as living and learning through COVID-19.
The projects are supported by Science Foundation Ireland, in partnership with the Department for the Economy and the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland, and the Irish Research Council and Health Research Board.
Nine all-Ireland research projects were supported in areas such as surveillance in wastewater, disruption to food supply chains and a collaboration to investigate potential therapeutics.
