Research Team of the Year

This award recognises the most outstanding contribution by a research team in the calendar year 2023. It is open to research teams in a single discipline, department, project, centre or institution or across two or more disciplines, departments, centres or institutions. A Research Team can include one or more Principal Investigators, as appropriate. Nomination to and/or acceptance of any of the individual awards does not preclude the individual from being part of a team nominated for this category. 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/Team	College/School/Department/Centre
2023	UCC Dementia Palliative Care Research Team	School of Nursing & Midwifery, School of Medicine, Centre for Gerontology & Rehabilitation, Department of General Practice, Cork University Business School, South South West Hospital Group, St. Luke's Nursing Home
2022	UCC Palaeontology	School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences
2021	Dr Mark Jessop Professor Keelin O'Donoghue	Marine Ecology Group (School of BEES) Pregnancy Loss Research Group (Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology)
2020	Social Research Ethics Committee	University College Cork
2019	Living Well with the Dead	ISS21
2018	ATLAS	College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences
2017	GENOVATE	ISS21
2016	Child Care Proceedings Photonics Packaging	ISS21 Tyndall National Institute
2015	Magnetics on Silicon	Tyndall National Institute

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