Five projects were awarded funding by the Lord Rootes Memorial Fund Committee in 2016:

• Vishal Chauhan and Charles Hand - The Global Face of Homelessness report
• Soumya Dabriwal - Project Baala report press release website
• Michal Masny - From North to South Across Iceland report
• Torgyn Shaikhina - Next Generation Programmers report
• Alix Villanueva - Old and New Ways (Amhráin an Bhaile) - A Journey into County Kerry’s Folk Tradition report