INSTITUTES OF TECHNOLOGY IRELAND SPECIAL AWARD
Social and Behavioural Sciences— Intermediate: Meadhbh Tiernan, Hannah Grant, What makes a song a hit?, Loreto
Secondary School - Navan.
EI ELECTRONICS SPECIAL AWARD
Chemical, Physical & Mathematical Sciences
— Intermediate: Colin Dineen, Jennifer Falvey, I'm Carbon Monoxide, get me
out of here, Causeway Comprehensive School.
MARIE KEATING FOUNDATION SPECIAL AWARD
Technology
— Senior: Abdullah Mohammad, Cancer virotherapy simulator, Carrigaline Community School.
UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER - BEST NORTHERN IRELAND PROJECT
Biological and Ecological
— Junior: Meg McWhirter, Rebekah McNeill, An investigation into finding an alternative to petroleum based inks to prevent food contamination from packaging, Ballyclare High School.
JACK RESTAN DISPLAYS BEST DISPLAY AWARD
Technology
— Junior: Tommy O'Sullivan, Darren O'Sullivan, Project Asimov: A manned mission to Mars, C.B.S. Thurles.
IRISH AID IN ASSOCIATION WITH SELF HELP AFRICA
Biological and Ecological
— Intermediate: Keane Nolan, DJ Hanley, The comparative analysis of raw versus pasteurised milk and the potential use of natural preservatives in milk to mitigate the effects of poverty in rural Africa, St Mary's Academy CBS.
GOOGLE TRAILBLAZERS BEST MALE
Technology
— Junior: Vahe Sasunts, The mulitbooting computer, Ardscoil Rath Iomgháin.
GOOGLE TRAILBLAZERS BEST FEMALE
Biological and Ecological
— Intermediate: Rachel Bothwell, The use of gait analysis for detection of musculo-skeletal disorders in show/pedigree/non-pedigree breeds of dog, St Vincent's Secondary School.
GOOGLE TRAILBLAZERS BEST GROUP
Technology
— Senior: Luke Benson, Donnchadh Barry, Paul McDonagh, iCollapse: A mobile phone application for assisting those who are liable to collapse, St. Gerald's College.
IRISH MEDICINES BOARD SPECIAL AWARD
Biological and Ecological
— Junior: Lavina Blanking, A spoonful of medicine, St Mary's College.
SCIENCE FOUNDATION IRELAND SPECIAL AWARD
Technology
— Intermediate: Eoghan Flynn, Ruairi O'Neill, Polydiesel: A novel solution to fuel shortages and disposal of ELPs, Blackwater Community School.
HEANET SPECIAL AWARD
Technology
— Junior: Matija Milenovic, Shane Gonley, Group idea sharing and developing website, Athlone Community College.
RTÉ TV 50 SPECIAL AWARD
Technology
— Intermediate: Gráinne O' Dwyer, Farm safety, a cheap and effective method of reducing PTO injuries., Presentation Secondary School - Thurles.
COMREG SPECIAL AWARD
Technology
— Intermediate: James O'Connell, Cian Reid, Sean Nicholson, Library book locator, St Michaels College.
EMC DATA HERO AWARD
Technology
— Senior: James Eggers, Detecting Incidents on Roads in Real-time with Twitter and Traffic Cameras, St Michaels College.
HP INNOVATION FOR GOOD AWARD
Technology
— Intermediate: Maeve Quinlan, Euan Tobin, Aidan Williamson, Visual schedule application for adolescents with Autistic spectrum disorders, Mount St Michael.
ROAD SAFETY AUTHORITY SPECIAL AWARD
Social and Behavioural Sciences
— Junior: Alannah Humphreys, Ciara Manning, A statistical study of Irish peoples attitudes regarding the wearing of high visibility clothing, Kinsale Community School.
ELI LILLY SPECIAL AWARD
Chemical, Physical & Mathematical Sciences
— Junior: Sinead Reidy, Niamh Brady, What happened to our honey?, Our
Lady's Bower - Athlone.
INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS SPECIAL AWARD
Chemical, Physical & Mathematical Sciences
— Intermediate: Georgie Tarr, Laura Culhane, To use a hall probe to measure the oscillations of a spring system, Bandon Grammar School.
FORAS NA GAEILGE SPECIAL AWARD
Chemical, Physical & Mathematical Sciences
— Junior: Lucy Nic Sandair, Maíréad Ní Mhurchú, An cuireann súile agus láimhe ceannasach isteach ar spóirt?, Coláiste Íde.
IE DOMAIN REGISTRY SPECIAL AWARD
Social and Behavioural Sciences
— Junior: Lisa Maher, Alison Garry, The dark side of social media and privacy, St John Bosco Community College.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY AWARD SPECIAL AWARD
Biological and Ecological
— Senior: Orla Mc Phillips, Lauren Murphy, Muireann O' Rourke, Septic tanks: Old versus new!, Ballybay Community College.
IRISH SCIENCE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION SPECIAL AWARD
Chemical, Physical & Mathematical Sciences
— Intermediate: Aimee Russell, Lisa Patterson, Music through aluminium foil in a magnetic field, Ballyclare High School.
HEALTH RESEARCH BOARD SPECIAL AWARD
Biological and Ecological
— Intermediate: Eoin Farrell, Paediatric resuscitation: How reliable are existing weight estimation
methods in Ireland?, St Eunan's College.
IRISH PATENTS OFFICE SPECIAL AWARD
Technology
— Intermediate: Quinn Unger, A single pedal replacement for double bass pedals, Mount St Michael.
IBM SPECIAL AWARD
Technology
— Intermediate: Emma Murphy, Catherine Harty, Ana O'Brien, Database of horses heart sounds, Presentation Secondary School - Thurles.
FATHER TOM BURKE MEMORIAL BURSARY
Social and Behavioural Sciences
— Intermediate: Shelley Ní Eiohin, Are you being poisoned by radon gas in your sleep?,
Presentation Secondary School - Tralee.
ANALOG DEVICES STUDENT AWARD
Technology
— Junior: Sean Duffy, Killian Enright, Warren Gleeson, InVigil8: A personal portable security system, Desmond College - Limerick.
INTEL STUDENT AWARD
Chemical, Physical & Mathematical Sciences
— Intermediate: Aoife Gregg, Cryptography: A study of the Irish language,
Loreto College - St Stephens Green.