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Today marks the official launch of the ‘Science on Screen Film Festival Ireland’ an exciting new annual Irish Film Festival, running from November 5-8 online. The Festival will showcase the best of science in film and this year incorporates themes of representation and diversity in science and the value of art-science collaborations.

Midlands Science CEO, Jackie Gorman, was in attendance at the Science Foundation Ireland Discover Awards 2020 partners meeting in recent times to receive two ‘Discover Awards’ for projects exploring science capital training and ASD appropriate Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) outreach.

Short films about climate action, hearing, and water were to the fore when young science filmmakers from Donegal, Dublin, Cork, Galway, Offaly, Sligo, and Meath were honoured at the ReelLIFE SCIENCE Video Competition Awards held at the recent Galway Science and Technology Festival Exhibition in NUI Galway.

The Royal Society-SFI University Research Fellowship scheme 2019, representing an investment of €2.8 million, has been announced this week. NUI Galway biomedical engineer, Dr Eimear Dolan, was one of the four outstanding researchers in the Republic of Ireland who received the prestigious award.

On Friday November 10 Shannon McHugh and Ciara Keaveney, third-year students from Glenamaddy, and Thomas Hayes, a sixth-year student from Yeats ColLege, competed among the top young scientific minds at SciFest 2017 and were awarded an Excellance in STEM award, for their projects examing the benefits of ash as a fertiliser for plant growth, and to heart valve prototypes to treat heart valve disease. SciFest, now in its 10th year, is funded primarily by Science Foundation Ireland, Intel Ireland and Boston Scientific.

Four NUI Galway public engagement and education initiatives have been awarded funding of more than €250,000 through the Science Foundation Ireland Discover Programme.