We’re very pleased to announce that 12 excellent, patient/service user-focused research projects are being funded in the latest round of the Joint Funding Scheme by 8 of our member charities, with matched funding from the HRB. This internationally unparalleled scheme allows our members to fund research of importance to their communities in accordance with worldwide best practice in research governance. The funded projects seek solutions to challenges relating to cancer, rare diseases, dementia, visual impairment, pulmonary disease and parental mental health.
Congratulations to the 8 charities who were successful in their applications:
Multiple Sulfatase Deficiency Action Foundation
Irish Cancer Society
Fighting Blindness
Breakthrough Cancer Research
Cystinosis Ireland
Irish Thoracic Society
The Alzheimer Society of Ireland
The Rotunda Foundation