diff --git a/frontend/components/organisation/units/ResearchUnitModal.tsx b/frontend/components/organisation/units/ResearchUnitModal.tsx
index b2c85dff4..8dd53d866 100644
--- a/frontend/components/organisation/units/ResearchUnitModal.tsx
+++ b/frontend/components/organisation/units/ResearchUnitModal.tsx
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ export default function EditOrganisationModal({
   const {isValid, isDirty, errors} = formState
   const formData = watch()
 
-    useEffect(() => {
+  useEffect(() => {
       if (typeof location != 'undefined') {
       const baseUrl = location.href.split('?')
       // baseUrl is current location without params
diff --git a/frontend/components/organisation/units/index.tsx b/frontend/components/organisation/units/index.tsx
index ad997fee7..e3369e0cd 100644
--- a/frontend/components/organisation/units/index.tsx
+++ b/frontend/components/organisation/units/index.tsx
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ type EditOrganisationModal = {
 export default function ResearchUnits({organisation}: OrganisationComponentsProps) {
   const {token,user} = useSession()
   const {showErrorMessage} = useSnackbar()
-  const {units, setUnits,loading} = useOrganisationUnits({
+  const {units, setUnits, loading} = useOrganisationUnits({
     organisation: organisation.id,
     token
   })
@@ -116,7 +116,6 @@ export default function ResearchUnits({organisation}: OrganisationComponentsProp
 
   async function saveOrganisation({data, pos}:{data: EditOrganisation, pos?: number }) {
     try {
-      closeModals()
       if (typeof pos != 'undefined' && data.id) {
         // update existing organisation
         const resp = await updateOrganisation({
@@ -135,6 +134,7 @@ export default function ResearchUnits({organisation}: OrganisationComponentsProp
           } else {
             updateUnitInList(data,pos)
           }
+          closeModals()
         }
       } else {
         // create new organisation
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ export default function ResearchUnits({organisation}: OrganisationComponentsProp
             id: resp.message
           })
           addUnitToCollection(newUnit)
+          closeModals()
         } else {
           showErrorMessage(resp.message)
         }
diff --git a/frontend/components/projects/ProjectFunding.tsx b/frontend/components/projects/ProjectFunding.tsx
index d42e96ff1..8b66c86b7 100644
--- a/frontend/components/projects/ProjectFunding.tsx
+++ b/frontend/components/projects/ProjectFunding.tsx
@@ -28,14 +28,14 @@ export default function ProjectFunding({grant_id, fundingOrganisations=[]}:
           <h4 className="text-primary py-4">Funded by</h4>
           <ul>
           {fundingOrganisations.map(item => {
-            const link = `/organisations/${item.slug}`
+            const link = `/organisations/${item.rsd_path}`
             return (
               <Link
                 key={link}
                 href={link}
                 passHref
               >
-                <a target="_blank">
+                <a target="_self">
                   <li className="text-sm py-1">
                     {item.name}
                   </li>
diff --git a/frontend/utils/getSlugFromString.ts b/frontend/utils/getSlugFromString.ts
index 39d38ccd9..bb82645c5 100644
--- a/frontend/utils/getSlugFromString.ts
+++ b/frontend/utils/getSlugFromString.ts
@@ -37,4 +37,6 @@ export function sanitizeSlugValue(slug: string, separator: string = '-') {
     .replace(/[^a-z0-9\-]/g, '')
     .trim()
     .replace(/[-\s]+/g, separator)
+    // remove first and last -
+    .replace(/^-+|-+$/g, '')
 }