Dean's Awards

A woman with her elbow on a chair and two people blurred out in the background talking about something they are looking at on their computer

Professional & Support Staff Award

The Dean of Health Sciences seeks to recognise the significant contribution of professional and support staff to the delivery of the core business of the Faculty of Health Sciences.

This award seeks to highlight the ongoing contributions of professional and support staff, and to celebrate those exceptional individuals who excel in their role and who continually encourage an ethos of excellence in the Faculty.
 

Call opens January.
A consultant explaining to a doctor how to do CPR on dummy baby

Innovation in Teaching Award

The spirit of the call is to encourage teaching innovations within the Faculty of Health Sciences, where the outcomes will be shared with colleagues across the Faculty and beyond. Individual awards are expected to be in the range of €2,000 to €5,000. Awards of up to €10,000 will be considered for innovations in interprofessional education across multiple schools in the Faculty.

Some applicants may choose to include open access publishing fees, these fees are permissible but must be within the overall budget and will only be paid upon publication.

Call opens  in March
Two medical professionals hugging

Professional Practice Award

In 2017-18 the Faculty of Health Sciences announced its inaugural Dean of Health Sciences Award for Outstanding Contribution to Teaching in Professional Practice. This award was developed to recognise the significant contribution of professionals who do not hold appointments with Trinity to the delivery of teaching to our undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Each of the Schools within the Faculty of Health Sciences has a long tradition of working with our clinical and allied health colleagues to educate students across all of our programmes, ensuring that our graduates are career-ready from the moment of graduation. This award seeks to recognise the valuable contribution of such colleagues and to highlight those exceptional individuals who excel in teaching and who continually encourage an ethos of excellence in clinical teaching.
 

Call opens January.
A scientist examining test results

Innovation in Teaching Award

The Dean’s Research Initiatives Fund will award investigators from Health Sciences with seed funding that provides the foundation or pilot data necessary to secure extramural funding for cutting edge, innovative and transformative research.

One of the primary aims of the Dean’s Research Initiatives Fund is to support early career researchers from Health Sciences, by providing them with an opportunity to be named PI on a research grant.

2026-27 Dean's Research Initiative Fund - Call closed