Nominations are now being sought for the Research Ireland St. Patrick’s Day Medal 2025.

• Call for Nominations
• Nomination Form

Deadline

Nominations must be submitted to medal@researchireland.ie by 5pm (Dublin local time) on Friday November 15th 2024.

Queries

Please email: medal@researchireland.ie

All nomination submissions must be made on the official nomination form.

The nomination submission must include:

• Nominee details
• Nominator details
• Nominator support statement (max 2 pages)*
• Nominee CV/Resume/Biography (max two pages)**
• Up to two letters of support may also be included

The deadline for receipt of nomination submissions is Friday, November 15th 2024. All submissions must be sent via email in .doc format to medal@researchireland.ie.

Eligible nominations from the 2025 and subsequent calls will remain valid for a period of five years, including the year of nomination.

*Nominator support statements longer than two pages will, without exception, be cut off at the end of page two.
**CVs/Resumes/Biographies longer than two pages will, without exception, be cut off at the end of page two.

The nominee* must be an Irish** academic or industry leader who, at the time of the nomination, is living and working in the USA.

Academic Medal Specific Criteria

• The nominee should be an outstanding academic researcher and recognised as one of the field-leaders in their discipline.
• The nominee should hold or have held a full professorial position, or equivalent, at a major US research university.
• The nominee should have contributed to academic and/or industrial development and/or sustainability of Ireland.

 

Industry Medal Specific Criteria

• The nominee should be an inspirational business leader operating/have operated in a business sector that promotes and supports research and innovation.
• The nominee should hold or have held a senior executive position in industry.
• The nominee should have contributed to the academic, economic, social, cultural and/or environmental development and/or sustainability of Ireland.

*Self-nominations are not accepted
** Irish citizens, persons of Irish descent, persons entitled to Irish citizenship or persons with a strong historical and enduring connection to the research ecosystem in Ireland, including, but not limited to: mentorship, supervision and collaboration with Irish researchers/companies; supporting education and public engagement, industrial development or entrepreneurship in research in Ireland; and any other demonstrable contributions to Irish society or the economy within their field of research.

Each eligible nomination will be reviewed by the selection committee based upon the following criteria:

1.Research Excellence – Research Excellence as demonstrated through leadership in their field of endeavour, research impact (including the economic, social, cultural and environmental impact of their research) and measurable outputs such as citations and commercial outputs. Industry candidates should also reach the same levels of esteem both in their field of speciality and their industry accomplishments.

2.Global Recognition – Evidence of recognition of excellence at an international level as demonstrated through achievement of international awards, honours and membership of prestigious societies. Industry leadership and business success, particularly in the case of Industry candidates.

3.Engagement with Ireland – Evidence of the nominees’ commitment to the support of the research community and/or industry in Ireland and to Ireland’s wider economic development as evidenced through ongoing and meaningful collaboration, mentorship of Irish researchers/companies, national policy dialogue participation, representation of Irish research at an international level, etc.

Each nomination must meet a minimum threshold in each criterion in order to progress to the next stage of the process. The Selection Committee will evaluate the merit of all eligible nominees to help inform a final decision.

Medals will be awarded by the Taoiseach* during the official St Patrick’s Day Programme in the United States in March 2025.

*Subject to final programme arrangements by the Department of the Taoiseach

 

Year	Academic Medal Recipient	Industry Medal Recipient
2024	Prof Eamonn Keogh University of California, Riverside	Mr John Hartnett CEO SVG Ventures | Thive
2023	Prof Paul K Whelton, Tulane University	Mr Paul Daugherty, Group Chief Executive - Technology and CTO, Accenture
2022	Prof Donald McDonnell, Duke University	Patrick and John Collison, Stripe Founders
2021	Prof William C Campbell, Drew University	Mr Vincent T Roche, President and CEO, Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI)
2020	Prof Neville Hogan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Dr Ann Kelleher, Technology Development Lead, Intel Corporation
2019	Prof Eamon Quigley, Houston Methodist Hospital	Mr Mike Mahoney, CEO Boston Scientific
2018	Prof Margaret Murnane, University of Colorado at Boulder	Mr David McCourt, Founder and CEO, Granahan McCourt Capital
2017	Prof Adrian Raftery, University of Washington	Dr T. Pearse Lyons, Founder and President of Alltech
2016	Prof Séamus Davis, ex Cornell University (UCC)	Dr Craig Barrett, ex Intel
2015	Prof Katherine Fitzgerald, University of Massachusetts
2014	Dr Garret FitzGerald, University of Pennsylvania