In This Section
- Researcher of the Year
- Early-Stage Researcher of the Year
- Global Engagement Research Award
- Research Support Person of the Year
- Research Supervisor of the Year
- Research Communicator of the Year
- Research Team of the Year
- Research Image of the Year
- Best Publication of the Year by an Undergraduate Author
- PhD Student of the Year
- Postdoctoral Researcher of the Year
- Research Culture Award
- Engaged Research of the Year
- Vice-President for Research and Innovation UCC Futures Award for Interdisciplinary Research
- The President's Award for Research Impacting the Sustainable Development Goals
- Consultancy Project of the Year
- Invention of the Year
- Licence of the Year
- Spin-out Company of the Year
- Start-up of the Year
- Industry Research Collaboration of the Year
- Research Career Achievement Award
Invention 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 2025. 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.
Application Details
Evaluation Criteria
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Deadline For Submission
- Friday March 27th 2026, 5pm.
How To Apply
To submit a nomination for this award, complete all sections of the entry form.
Previous Winners
| Year | Awardee | College/School/Department/Centre |
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| 2024 | Professor Fergus McCarthy, Ray Burke, Dr Simon Toft Sorenson, Dr Jason Yang, Dr Rehka Gautam, Dr Huihui Lu |
Tyndall National Institute & INFANT |
| 2023 | Professor Holger Claussen, Dr Senad Bulja, Dr Lester Ho | Tyndall National Institute |
| 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 |
Research & Innovation Awards
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