The Undergraduate Awards
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The Global Undergraduate Awards (often referred to as the Junior Nobel Prize[1][2][3][4][5][6]) is an academic awards program recognising undergraduate work. Prizes are awarded to 25 disciplines by a non-profit organisation under the patronage of the President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins.[7]
History[edit]
The Global Undergraduate Awards (UA) was founded in 2008 in Dublin as The Undergraduate Awards.[8] The programme was originally open to students from Ireland's universities.[8]
In 2012, UA expanded to accept submissions from every Third Level Institution on the Island of Ireland as well as the top twenty universities in Britain, USA and Canada.[9]
In 2016, the UA Programme was split into seven regions: Africa & Middle East, Asia, Europe, Island of Ireland, Latin America, Oceania, US & Canada.[10]
Process[edit]
Entrants submit their work to one of 25 categories, which represent a wide range of academic disciplines: Architecture & Design, Art History & Theory, Business, Chemical & Pharmaceutical Sciences, Classical Studies & Archaeology, Computer Sciences, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Economics, Education, Engineering, History, Linguistics, Law, Life Sciences, Literature, Mathematics & Physics, Medical Sciences, Music, Film & Theatre, Nursing, Midwifery & Allied Healthcare, Philosophy, Politics & International Relations, Psychology, Anthropology & Cultural Studies, Sociology & Social Policy and Visual Arts.[10]
The submissions are evaluated anonymously by a group of international academics.[8] The top 10% of entries from each region in each category are named Highly Commended. The highest performing Highly Commended entrant from each region is named a Regional Winner of their category, while the best Highly Commended Entrant is named the Global Winner.[10]
Global Winners[edit]
Entrants whose submission is selected as the best in their category are named Global Winners.[11] These winners are invited to present their work in Dublin at the Global Undergraduate Awards Summit. Each winner is awarded with a gold medal.
| Category | Global Winner 2022[12] | Global Winner 2021[13] | Global Winner 2020[14] | Global Winner 2019[15] | Global Winner 2018[16] | Global Winner 2017[17] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Architecture & Design | Zareen Tasneem Sharif | Riad Tabbara | Aishwarya Sriram | Prathyush Pradeep | Karen El Asmar | Martha Andrews |
| Art History & Theory | Sahil Tiku | Piper Prolago | Zoe Voice | Claudia Haines | Jun Yan Chua | Eden Gelgoot |
| Business | Katie McGrath | Jill Humby | Shawn Liu | Xi Ning Seet | Brian Heffernan | Robert Sarich |
| Chemical & Pharmaceutical Sciences | Oliver Hervir | Ali Abdelfadil | Jingfei Ren | Kang Rui Garrick Lim | Li Ling Tan | Phillip Karpati |
| Classical Studies & Archaeology | Maggie Tighe | Emily Kerrison | Edward Foster | Juhi Patel | Amelia Halls | Melanie Hechenberger |
| Computer Science | Guruprerana Shabadi | Chen Sihao | Kayo Yin | Harry She | Cristian Bodnar | Dinh Luan Nguyen |
| Earth & Environmental Sciences | Kenna White | Yilin Zhang | Alice Walker | Amy Campbell | Lyndsay Walsh | Bridget Murphy |
| Economics | Victor Sosanya | Beatriz Sasse | Ishita Kumar | Stefan Pricopie | Shamus Lee | Daniel Cueva |
| Education | Matthew Gover | Roxanne Lau | Pearlwe Chau | Laura DeSousa | Sylvia Lee | Farhana Choudhury |
| Engineering | Bailey Thompson,
Bruce Gillespie, Adam Kidd & Parth Vachharajani |
Lim Si Xian | Febby Krisnadi | Aayush Chadha | Michaela Taylor-Williams | Amber Tan |
| History | Calvin Heng | Hannah Kern-Cheng | Keith Ó Riain | Lauren Goodall | Matthew Barton | |
| Law | Julia Best | Amrita Deshmukh | Genevieve Ding | Andrew Ray | Melany Toombs | Kathy Liu |
| Life Sciences | Alex Qin | Jenny Gehlen | Migara Jayasinghe | Emma Darbinian | Pascale Wehr | Jamie Sugrue |
| Linguistics | Elaine Wai Man Mok | Oisín Nolan | Chau Yi Cheung | Xin Qi | Jessica Ramos-Sanchez | Alexandra Brito |
| Literature | Dylan Chng | Dylan Chng | Liam Whelan | Marta Meazza | Patrick Lillie | Noah Fields |
| Mathematics & Physics | Vincent Sietses | Hongjia Chen | Xi Jie Yeo | Wen Yu Kon | Alexander Zagajewski | Jeremy Lim Zhen Jie |
| Medical Sciences | Leighton Schreyer | Delia-Denisa Dunca | Hailey Dall-Proud | Tara Diviney | Tiffany Ni | Clara Nwe Nwe Linn Oo |
| Music, Film & Theatre | Allison Kinahan | Sher Yao | Adam Weitzer | Jay Millard | Rosalind Moran | |
| Nursing, Midwifery & Allied Healthcare | Seow Ting Low | Hilary Y.M. Pang | Emily Dingley | Susan Williams | Emily Morrison | Amy Lewis |
| Philosophy | Franciszek Bryk | Young-il Kim | Harriet Yates | Woojin Lim | James Monaghan | Tadgh Healy |
| Politics & International Relations | Shenali Wijesinghe | Ng Yi Ming | Jasper Friedrich | Nonyeleze Irukwu | Laura Trad | |
| Psychology | Alexis Wong | Stephanie Yu | Catherine Li | Win Ee Chun | Natalya Jia Yu Wickramisuriya | Jordan Tilda Skrynka |
| Social Sciences: Anthropology & Cultural Studies | Alexander Avila | Beth Hayes | Nathaniel Dylan Lim | Yume Tamiya | Istifaa Ahmed | Alex Longson |
| Social Sciences: Sociology & Social Policy | Lynda Li | Arizona Haddon | Maya Bian | Madelaine Coelho | Isobel Howlett | Sarah McKenna |
| Visual Arts | Dana Leslie | Afnan Albladi | Benjamin Crocker | Ying Li Toh | Yi Xian Issa Sng | Vivienne Molloy |
References[edit]
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- ^ "Manchester students win 'junior Nobel Prize'". Manchester.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-09-15.
- ^ "Romanian student wins 2019 'junior Nobel' for economics". Romanian Insider. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Graduate receives 'junior Nobel Prize'". Southampton.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-09-15.
- ^ "SPS Alum Awarded "Junior Nobel Prize"". isen.northwestern.edu. Retrieved 2018-09-15.
- ^ "Pharmacy Student Recognised By 'Junior Nobel Prize'". Qub.ac.uk. 2016-01-26. Archived from the original on 2017-07-03. Retrieved 2018-09-15.
- ^ Ó Caollaí, Éanna. "Undergraduate Awards summit goes global". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2018-09-15.
- ^ a b c Kennedy, Kerrie (20 December 2017). "Brenda Cullen, Executive Director, Undergraduate Awards". thepienews.com. Retrieved 2018-09-15.
- ^ "Identifying and connecting the world's top students". The Undergraduate Journal. 4: 10–11.
- ^ a b c "Categories 2017". The Undergraduate Journal. 8: 20–21.
- ^ "UA Global Winners". The Global Undergraduate Awards. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Global Winners 2022 - Undergraduate Awards". Global Winners 2022 - Undergraduate Awards. Retrieved 2023-01-29.
- ^ "- The Undergraduate Awards". Global Winners 2021 - The Undergraduate Awards. Retrieved 2021-09-20.
- ^ "- The Undergraduate Awards". Global Winners 2020 - The Undergraduate Awards. Retrieved 2020-09-28.
- ^ "UA Global Winners 2019". The Global Undergraduate Awards. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "UA Global Winners 2018". The Global Undergraduate Awards. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Global Winners 2017 - Undergraduate Awards". Global Winners 2017 - Undergraduate Awards. Retrieved 2022-01-05.