Consultancy Project of the Year

The Consultancy project of the Year Award recognises and celebrates UCC consultants who share their knowledge and expertise to help solve real-world problems and create social, cultural or economic impact. Judging criteria will be based on consultancy undertakings that have tangibly delivered on the key pillars set out in the UCC Strategic Plan including Impact & engagement, Research & Innovation, Teaching & Learning, Personal & Professional Development.

Evaluation Criteria

Innovation

Innovative or creative thinking.
Potential to make major technological progress and show a high degree of inventiveness.
Demonstration of technology application with strong commercial potential, rather than purely scientific or technological achievement.
Priorities are focussed on innovations that deliver commercial outcomes.
Active engagement with business and/or private investment to see research applied and taken to market.

Impact

Demonstrate application of UCC expertise with strong potential to support enterprise engagement.
Active engagement with an enterprise/business to see the UCC expertise applied to create impact.
Demonstrate achieved, or potential to achieve, economic, social, environmental or cultural impact.

Previous Winners

Year	Awardee	College/School/Department/Centre
2024	Professor Hannah Daly	School of Engineering & Architecture and MaREI
2023	Professor Louise Crowley	School of Law
2022	Dr Marguerite Nyhan	School of Engineering and Architecture
2021	Dr Karen Neville (COVID Response Team)	Centre for Resilience and Business Continuity

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