SFI Engaged Research Award 2023

Engaged Research aims to improve, understand, or investigate an issue of public interest or concern, including societal challenges and is advanced in collaboration with societal partners*. This award recognises the important role of Engaged Research in enabling Science Foundation Ireland-funded research to deliver societal impact for Ireland.

Nominations should clearly demonstrate that the nominee(s) have:

• Engaged with stakeholders, beneficiaries, and end-users in the co-creation of research activities and reflected their needs in its outputs and outcomes;
• Contributed significantly to the generation of knowledge to improve, understand, or investigate an issue of public interest or concern;
• Shown that their research has or will have a societal impact.

* Societal partners include service users, product users, policymakers, civil and civic society organisations, industry partners, members of the public, and other relevant stakeholders.

SFI may contact the proposer to seek further clarification related to the submission.