- 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
Start-up of the Year
The UCC Start-Up of the Year Award is awarded to an enterprise that best demonstrates the potential for significant economic, social or environmental impact through innovative thinking and entrepreneurial endeavour. At least one of the founders or promoters must be a UCC student, graduate, staff member and/or have been supported by a UCC start-up programme.The start-up can be a sole trader or incorporated entity that is not exploiting intellectual property rights developed at UCC or any other third level institution.The start-up does not yet need to be incorporated/trading, but will have first validated the potential for impact in 2021. Nominations can be made by any UCC staff member.
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 | Company |
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| 2022 | Mr Stephen MacCarthy | Recruitroo |
| 2021 | Ms Clare Meskill | Teleatherapy |