Ulster University's School of Sport, part-based at Coleraine Campus, has secured UEFA funding.
It's to investigate how well European Football engages with the disabled.
The research will explore how to include more disabled people as football spectators, players and administrators.
Paul Kitchin is the lead researcher:
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