The UCC Research and Innovation Awards Evaluation Committee, chaired by the Vice President for Research and Innovation will evaluate the nominations. Members of the Evaluation Committee for the 2023 UCC Research & Innovation awards include:

• Professor John Cryan - Vice President for Research and Innovation
• Dr Siobhán Cusack - Director of Research Strategy & Projects
• Dr David O'Connell - Director of Research Support & Policy
• Dr Sally Cudmore - Director of UCC Innovation
• Dr Ger McGlacken - Vice-Dean of Research and Innovation, College of Science, Engineering and Food Science
• Professor Mary McCarthy - Vice-Dean of Research and Innovation, College of Business and Law
• Professor Ger O’Keeffe - Vice-Dean of Research and Innovation, College of Medicine and Health
• Dr James Kapalo - Vice-Dean of Research and Innovation, College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences
• Dr Michael Nolan - Chief Scientific Officer, Tyndall National Institute
• Professor Luigina Ciolfi - Chair of Acadamic Council Research and Innovation Committee
• Dr Orla Lynch - Dean of Doctoral Studies

Innovation awards evaluation panel:

• Dr Sally Cudmore, Director of UCC Innovation
• Michael Lucey - Patent Attorney and Director Purdy Lucey Intellectual Property
• Dr Siobhán Jordan - Head of Technology Transfer and Commercialisation at Teagasc
• Donal Daly - CEO Future Planet and UCC Entrepreneur-In-Residence