UCC Research and Innovation Awards 2021
Award Winners
| Award Category |
Winner |
Affiliation |
| Researcher of the Year | Professor Justin Holmes | School of Chemistry |
| Early Stage Researcher of the Year | Dr Carlos Garrido Castellano Dr Maria Rodriguez Aburto |
School of Languages, Literatures & Cultures Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience |
| Research Support Person of the Year | Dr Louise Burgoyne Ms Saba Loftus |
Tyndall National Institute APC Microbiome Ireland |
| Research Supervisor of the Year | Dr Ronan Carbery | College of Business and Law |
| Research Communicator of the Year | Dr Paul Deane | MaREI / ERI / Collefe of Science, Engineering and Food Science |
| Research Award for Open Science | Dr Karen Matvienko-Sikar | School of Public Health |
| Creating a Culture for Responsible Conduct of Research | Dr Ciara Heavin | Social Research Ethics Committee |
| Innovator of the Year | Dr Frank Peters | School of Physics |
| Consultancy Project of the Year | Dr Karen Neville | COVID Response Team / Centre for Resilience and Business Continuity |
| Licence of the Year | Dr Anthony Morrissey, Mr David McGovern, Mr Ray Burke | Tyndall National Institute |
| Spin-out Company of the Year | Dr Declan Soden | Mirai Medical |
| Start-up of the Year | Ms Clare Meskill | Teleatherapy |
| Best Publication of the Year - Undergraduate Author | Ms Jennifer Murphy Mr Thomas Sheerin |
College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences Tyndall National Institute |
| Research Team of the Year | Dr Mark Jessop Professor Keelin O'Donoghue |
Marine Ecology Group (School of BEES) Pregnancy Loss Research Group (Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology) |
| Research Image of the Year | Dr Vuslat Juska | Tyndall National Institute |
| Engaged Research of the Year | Professor Brian Ó Gallachóir | MaREI / Dingle Peninsula 2030 |
| Vice-President for Research & Innovation Award for Interdisciplinary Research | Professor Pádraig Ó Macháin Dr Daniela Iacopino |
Department of Modern Irish Tyndall National Institute |
| Research Collaboration of the Year | Dr Gerard McGlacken | School of Chemistry |
| The President's Award for Research Impacting the Sustainable Development Goals | Dr Ger Mulally | Department of Sociology and Criminology (Imagining 2050) |
| Research Career Achievement Award | Prof. Ivan Perry | School of Public Health |
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