"The competition encouraged my research team to look across our projects at the different and complementary ways that we have sought to understand the support needs of parents and to ensure impact for them and their families.  We are delighted to have our research impact recognised by this competition."

Professor Eilis Hennessy,
School of Psychology

"I’m delighted with this recognition of the collaborative work of colleagues across the university and survivors of institutional abuse. This really shows the academic and real-world value of Humanities research."

Associate Professor Emilie Pine,
School of English, Drama and Film

"This award means a lot to me, because it recognises the impact my research has had on our daily lives through regulation and policy development. I am grateful to my participants for sharing their experiences, as well as my funders for enabling this work, and UCD for recognising the social impact of this work."

Associate Professor Crystal Fulton,
School of Information & Communication Studies

"It is particularly important to be recognised for the research on anti-queer violence in Russia when overall repression and abuse perpetrated by the Russian government has just upscaled to another atrocious level. My hope is that the study of violence aids to figure out how to put an end to it. The competition helped me to analyse and frame the significance of this research in this respect and beyond it."

Dr Alexander Kondakov,
School of Sociology

"The focus UCD has placed to highlight research impact has helped us better communicate the value of our work to funders, colleagues, and the lay public. Achieving long-term impact that benefits all, remains the ultimate goal for all of us at UCD"

Professor Carel Le Roux,
School of Medicine

"I'm delighted to have entered the case study competition as the opportunities that followed were superb. The impact masterclass was a fantastic experience, both in terms of the colleagues I met and in opening my eyes to the different ways that research can potentially make an impact."

Dr Sarah Cotterill,
School of Civil Engineering

"Getting recognition through this competition for my efforts on publications and outreach is very rewarding. UCD Research is very supportive in creating an accompanying video and article, which further adds to the impact."

Associate Professor Tom Curran,
School of Biosystems and Food Engineering

"The Impact Case Study Award provided a way for the Helping Kids! lab to reflect on our work and articulate how basic science can contribute to short- and longer-term positive social change. We were honoured to receive this recognition; it's fueled us to think more deeply about how to measure, track and demonstrate our impact, and more broadly that of the social sciences, on society in the future."

Dr Laura Taylor,
School of Psychology

"The UCD Research Impact Competition provided an opportunity to reflect on the importance of research for building collaboration across different sub-disciplinary areas and beyond the academy. The impetus to document our work with community partners, artists and local residents has meant that we can clearly demonstrate impact to our funders but is also helping our partners to better work with communities in some of the most dynamically changing, but challenged, parts of Dublin City."

Professor Niamh Moore-Cherry,
School of Geography

"The UCD Impact Case Competition has been a great platform to give more visibility to the HealthyAIR project which is tackling a key problem in society, i.e. air pollution. The workshop on impact and video promotion have been quite valuable and the people involved have been very helpful."

Dr Ricardo Simon Carbajo,
School of Computer Science

"The competition and workshops really taught our team about the various impacts of our research project, and how we can capture impacts more effectively in the future."

Dr Mirjam Heinen,
National Nutrition Surveillance Centre

"Being part of this competition has improved the quality of our research impact statements in all subsequent proposals."

EIRSAT-1 Team

"The competition encouraged me to articulate how the arts and humanities can benefit society, and gave a platform to aspects of research that are not always recognised in academia."

Dr Kelly Fitzgerald,
School of Irish, Celtic Studies and Folklore