The 2021 RCSI Innovation Awards were presented by RCSI CEO Prof Cathal Kelly and Dr Aoife Gallagher at Research Day 2022, which was held on Wednesday 9th March. The awards recognise the outstanding contribution of RCSI researchers to research commercialisation and industry engagement activity at RCSI. Congratulations to all the awardees.
Invention Disclosure Award Winners:
The invention disclosure awards recognise the role of non-PI inventors in the submission of invention disclosures; this years awardees were: Danielle Nadar, Pharmacy & Biomolecular Sciences; Katelyn Genoud, Department of Bioengineering & Restorative Medicine; Mona Heiland, Department of Physiology & Medical Physics; Daniel Alencar Rodrigues, Graeme Sullivan, Department of Physiology & Medical Physics; Thomas Frawley, Department of Anatomy & Regenerative Medicine, Andrew Malone, Department of Anatomy & Regenerative Medicine and Zuzana Koci, Department of Anatomy & Regenerative Medicine.
Industry Engagement Award
This award recognises the researcher who was most successful in obtaining research funding from industry in 2021 and this year was presented to Dr. Tobias Engel.
Clinician Award
This award recognises the clinically qualified researcher most successful in research commercialisation and industry engagement and this year was presented to Prof. Killian Hurley.
Commercialisation Award
This award recognises the researcher whose research is licensed or optioned by a company for the highest value and this year was presented to Prof Steve Kerrigan.