Research Career Achievement | Research and Innovation Awards

This award may be presented on occasional basis to recognise the most outstanding overall performance, achieved over a career, by a UCC researcher. Nominations can be made by any UCC staff member.

Evaluation Criteria

Relevant Achievements

Attainment and consistency of high-level achievements for a period appropriate to career stage and award category (for the calendar year 2023).

Research Excellence

Innovative thinking.
National and International recognition of excellence (peer esteem indicators).
Evidence of collaborative engagement with external stakeholders and the community.
Published outputs.

Impact

Encouragement and promotion of young researchers, including postgraduates.
Cultural, economic and societal impact of research.
Research communication.
Interdisciplinary impact.

Previous Winners

Year	Awardee	College/School/Department/Centre
2023	Professor Elke Arendt	School of Food & Nutritional Sciences
2022	Professor John Atkins Projessor Anita Maguire	School of Biochemistry & Cell Biology and School of Microbiology School of Chemistry and School of Pharmacy
2021	Professor Ivan Perry	School of Public Health
2020	Professor Colin Hill	School of Microbiology
2019	Professor Eugene Freuder	School of Computer Science & IT
2018	Professor Fergus Shanahan	School of Medicine
2017	Dr Alan Mathewson	Tyndall National Institute
2016	Dr Eoin O'Reilly	Tyndall National Institute

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