Nominations are now being sought for the 2024 SFI St. Patrick’s Day Science Medal Award.

• Call for Nominations
• Nomination Form

Deadline

Nominations must be submitted to sciencemedal@sfi.ie by 5pm (Dublin local time) on Friday October 27th 2023.

Queries

Please email sciencemedal@sfi.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 (max two pages)**
• Up to two letters of support may also be included. 

The deadline for receipt of nomination submissions is Friday, October 27th 2023. All submissions must be sent via email in .doc format to sciencemedal@sfi.ie.

Eligible nominations from the 2024 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 longer than two pages will, without exception, be cut off at the end of page two.

The nominee* must be an Irish** scientist, engineer 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 in Ireland

Industry Medal Specific Criteria

• The nominee should be an inspirational business leader operating/have operated in a science, technology, engineering or maths (STEM) related business sector
• The nominee should hold or have held a senior executive position in industry
• The nominee should have contributed to academic and/or industrial development in 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 Ireland

A selection committee made up of high-ranking individuals, external to Science Foundation Ireland, drawn from academia, industry and Government bodies, will be assembled for the academic and industry SFI St Patrick’s Day Medals

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

1.     Scientific and Technical Excellence - Scientific and Technical Excellence as demonstrated through leadership in their field of endeavour, research impact (please refer to the SFI Impact Statement) 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 and/or industry community 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.

The Selection Committee will review and evaluate the merit of all eligible nominees and recommend the final selections to the SFI Executive Committee.

Both Medals will be awarded by the Taoiseach* during the official St Patrick’s Day Programme in the United States in March 2024.**

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

 

Year	Academic Medal Recipient	Industry Medal Recipient
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