RCSI’s Innovation team has won the Knowledge Transfer Initiative of the Year Impact Award at the national Knowledge Transfer Ireland Impact Awards 2016.
The award was presented to the team by Minister for Enterprise, Jobs and Innovation Mary Mitchell O’Connor TD for their initiative “Building a Culture of Knowledge Transfer” at a ceremony held at the Royal Hospital Kilmainham in Dublin last night.
RCSI was also shortlisted in two other categories:
1. Consultancy Impact Award – Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and the HSE National Programme for Surgery – Prof Frank Keane & Mr Ken Mealy
2. Spin-out Company Impact Award – SurgaColl Technologies Ltd – Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland – Academic Founder: Prof Fergal O’Brien