In This Section
- 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
- Invention 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
- UCC 180 Professor Adrian Dixon Prize - PhD Student of the Year
- UCC 180 Professor Adrian Dixon Prize - Postdoctoral Researcher of the Year
- The President's Award for Research Impacting the Sustainable Development Goals
- Research Career Achievement Award
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 2024.
Application Details
Evaluation Criteria
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Previous Winners
| Year | Awardee | Company |
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| 2024 | Mr Danny McEnery | PrimaHealth |
| 2023 | Ms Shannen O'Reilly | TrustDish |
| 2022 | Mr Stephen MacCarthy | Recruitroo |
| 2021 | Ms Clare Meskill | Teleatherapy |
Research & Innovation Awards
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