- Researcher of the Year
- Early-Stage Researcher of the Year
- Research Support Person of the Year
- Research Supervisor of the Year
- Research Communicator of the Year
- Research Award for Open Science
- Creating a Culture for Responsible Conduct of Research
- Innovator of the Year
- Consultancy Project of the Year
- Licence of the Year
- Spin-out Company of the Year
- Start-up of the Year
- Best Publication of the Year - Undergraduate Author
- Research Team of the Year
- Research Image of the Year
- Engaged Research of the Year
- Vice-President for Research & Innovation Award for Interdisciplinary Research
- Research Collaboration of the Year
- The President's Award for Research Impacting the Sustainable Development Goals
- Research Career Achievement Award
Innovator of the Year
UCC wants to recognise ingenuity and hard work of innovators so this award will be to an academic, researcher or team whose innovative research has led to the creation of intellectual property (IP) that has the best potential to be commercialised via a new service or product.
This award will be for an invention disclosed to UCC Innovation (via an Invention Disclosure Form, IDF) or a patent filed in 2022. Inventions should have the potential to make major technological progress and show a high degree of inventiveness. The invention should also display a recognisable benefit to society or the environment, enhance the reputation of UCC innovation and demonstrate potential economic success.
Nominations will be submitted by UCC Innovation as per the eligibility criteria.
Application Details
Nomination Procedure
- Nominations for this award category will be submitted by the UCC Innovation team based on achieved metrics.
Evaluation Criteria
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Judging Panel
| Name | Position / Company |
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| Siobhan Jordan | Teagasc |
| Sally Cudmore | Director of Innovation, UCC |
| Michael Lucey | Purdy Lucey |
| Conor O’Sullivan | Atlantic Bridge |
Previous Winners
| Year | Awardee | College/School/Department/Centre |
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| 2022 | Dr Patrick Harrison and Dr Lucia Santos (Life Sciences) Dr Alan O'Riordan, Dr Han Saho and Dr Tarun Narayan |
Department of Physiology Tyndall National Institute and VistaMilk |
| 2021 | Dr Frank Peters | School of Physics |