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SETU Research Awards 2022 

EXTENSION on all Categories for Nomination until Tuesday the 7th at 4pm 

 

Nomination Deadline 02 June 2022 at 4pm Irish Time.

We are pleased to announce our SETU Research Awards. On behalf of Dr. Declan Doyle (Carlow Campus)  Dr. Mark White (Waterford Campus), Dr. Geraldine Canny (Waterford Campus), and  Dr. Brian Jackson (Carlow Campus) SETU are delighted to invite nominations under 4 Award Categories as described below and detailed on our guidance document and nomination forms that are available on the Tab below to download. 

The aim of the SETU Research Awards is to recognise the outstanding contributions of academic and research staff for excellent and innovative research that enhances SETU’s reputation.

All nomination forms for your chosen category  must be submitted in PDF to [email protected]  before 4pm on June 02, 2022. The guidance on the nomination process is available in our guidance document, and it is important to review this document carefully in advance of completing a nomination. Please provide sufficient detail within your nomination forms with respect to the criteria set for each category and the review criteria.  This will help the reviewers assess your nomination. 

External evaluations will be conducted for Categories 1-3 below. These awards will recognise the commitment and excellence of our research community in driving innovation and impact across all disciplines.  All reviewers will be required to sign a Conflict of Interest form prior to conducting their evaluation.

If you are aware of a member of SETU staff who has made a significant contribution to research, this is your opportunity to highlight that contribution. The four award categories for the SETU Research Awards are: 

1. Early Career Researcher Award (Max. 5 years post-PhD)

  •  Recognition of research excellence commensurate with career stage.
  • To qualify for this category, nominees must be a contract researcher within 5 years of PhD conferral date or an Assistant Lecturer/Lecturer/Senior Lecturer within 5 years of PhD conferral date.


2 Established Researcher Award (Over 5 years post-PhD)

  • Recognition of distinguished achievements/outstanding contributions at an established career stage.
  • To qualify for this category, nominees must be a contract researcher or an Assistant Lecturer/Lecturer/Senior Lecturer with more than 5 years of post-PhD experience or a Senior Lecturer or Professor (irrespective of PhD conferral date, Senior Lecturers/Professors must be nominated under the Established Researcher category).


3 Research Impact Award

  • Recognition of distinguished achievements/outstanding contributions and impactful research, irrespective of career stage.
  • To qualify for this category, nominees must be a contract researcher (including Postdoctoral fellows) or an Assistant Lecturer/Lecturer/Senior Lecturer.

4 Research Supervision Award

  • This award category aims to recognise, encourage and reward sustained excellence in postgraduate Research Masters/PhD student supervision at SETU.
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AWARD DOCUMENTS 

Award Guidance Document 2022

Nomination documents (All Awards)  

  1. Early Career Researcher Nomination Form 2022 
  2. Established Researcher Nomination Form 2022
  3. Research Impact Nomination Form 2022  
  4. Supervisor Award Nomination Form 2022

Nominee CV Template  for Categories 1-3

Supervisor Record Form  for Category 4

SCHEDULE AWARD ANNOUNCEMENT

  

Award Timeline Proposed dates for 2022 Call
Launch 06/05/22 (WK18)
Nominations Received to RSU   [email protected]   02/06/22 (WK 22) 4pm
Nominee’s CV collected by   RSU from those nominated 14/06/22 (WK24) 4pm
Sent to External Reviewers (Cat 1-3) 22/06/22 (WK 25)
Feedback Deadline  for Evaluators  13/07/2022 (WK 28) 
Internal Review Meeting    27/07/22 (WK30) 
Announcement of Results  07/09/2022 (WK36)  
Award Ceremony    27/09/2022 (WK39) 

 

Results will be announced in September 2022 in a ceremony for all 4 categories of award.

The awardee for each category will receive a One for All Gift Voucher to the value of €500.

Last Year's 2021 Awardees in WIT- Announcement Page  

Early Career Researcher

Dr Kate McCarthy, Department of Arts, School of Humanities, won the Early Career Researcher award category. Kate’s teaching, research, and practice explores and challenges exclusionary and gendered narratives. Her research outputs take many forms including theatre practice, workshops, community engagement projects, public talks, podcasts, as well as publications. As a practitioner, Kate has facilitated and devised numerous contemporary performance projects in Ireland and in the UK, ranging from youth theatre to site-responsive and street theatre to drama and theatre education projects.

Established Researcher

The Established Researcher award was presented to Dr Pat Lynch, Department of Management and Organisation, and Co-founder and Director of RIKON.  Patrick has been researching and teaching innovation management and market analysis for over 15 years in WIT. As Director of RIKON, Patrick has amassed considerable industry, consultancy and applied innovation research experience in both management and delivery capacities spanning innovation processes and framework development, market and business research and analysis, new product and service development and business modelling and development and market development.

Research Impact

The winner of the Research Impact award is Dr Ramesh Raghavendra of WIT’s School of Engineering, SEAM Centre Director & Founder of 3DWIT. Dr Raghavendra has been a Principal Investigator on numerous Advanced Manufacturing related industrial projects including two large Enterprise Ireland Innovation Partnership projects to the value of €1.1m and €400,000 with MNC, SME and LEO companies based in Ireland. In his present role as SEAM Director, Ramesh is responsible for overall operational aspects and was instrumental in relaunching the centre in 2009.  Within ten years of launching of SEAM, Ramesh has established collaborations with over 235 Irish based industries and successfully managed to deliver over 3000 directly funded Industrial projects.

Research Supervisor

The award for Research Supervisor went to Dr Brendan Jennings, Department of Computing and Mathematics. In his 15+ years in Waterford, Dr Jennings was instrumental in delivering a vibrant, well-regarded research programme on communications network management. He has been Principal Investigator on research grants totaling €9m+. From 2014 to 2019 he was WIT’s first Head of Graduate Studies, leading the introduction of Structured PhD programmes and research student structures and supports across WIT. During 2020 Brendan was the Interim Director of CONNECT, the SFI Research Centre for Future Networks and Communications. Brendan has recently joined Technological University Dublin (TU Dublin), as the university’s first Vice President for Research and Innovation

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