POSITIVE IMPACT OF THE HEA COVID-19 FUND ON RESEARCHERS IN THE

The continued strength of the Irish public research & innovation system IS FUNDAMENTAL TO THE COUNTRY is fundamental to the country being able to address the extreme challenges presented by the pandemic and its aftermath. [...] Impact of the HEA COVID-19 Award on the Researcher Professionally and Personally: The lack of the storage/stability data would have negatively affected On a personal level, the extension has allowed me to deliver the commercial attractiveness of the products – they could not on the promises made to EI which is important as they are a immediately be offered for sale, as they would be lacking key te. [...] IMPACT ON CELTIC STUDIES AND Negative effect of the Pandemic on the project: HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS” The indirect consequences of the pandemic have delayed the scheduled progress in the crucial final year of the project by many months. [...] For a synthetic chemist, the majority of the working NEVER COMPLETING MY PHD” time is spent in the laboratory carrying out experiments, purifying samples and analysing the purified samples, with 90% of the time spent in the laboratory and 10% of the time analysing the data. [...] Professionally and Personally: Negative effect of the Pandemic on the project: Professionally, the additional time awarded by the HEA COVID-19 cost extension has helped to increase the quality of my PhD thesis Due to the COVID-19 pandemic access to the Conway Institute was content and allowed the collection of crucial data.