2014 Highly Commended
Business
- Cristina Balauca | Institute of Technology, Tallaght
- Colm Beckett | Institute of Technology, Carlow
- Ben Butler | Trinity College Dublin
- Christina Casey | University of Ulster
- Sonia Cushen | Trinity College Dublin
- David Cihelna | University of St. Andrews
- Drew Gallagher | Trinity College Dublin
- Tadhg Giles | Trinity College Dublin
- Andrew Jobling | Durham University
- Joanna Klimczak | McGill University
- Kevin Krebs | University of Strathclyde
- Syed Malik | City University London
- Charlotte Mendoza | Cardiff University
- Eimear McGoran | University of Ulster
- Fiona Saluk | Trinity College Dublin
- Alexander Schoemann | University of Notre Dame
- Frances Taylor | EMLYON Business School
Classical Studies & Archaeology
- Molly Bishop | University of Bristol
- Louisa Brophy Browne | NUI Galway
- Julia Galway-Witham | Durham University
- Benjamin Hamer | Durham University
- Catherine Less-Milais | University of Bristol
- Alex Loktionov | University of Cambridge
- Sarah Muller | Australian National University
- Fergal McDonagh | University of St. Andrews
- Lauren Ouellette | Western University
- Jack Owens | University of Bristol
- Joe Thompson | University of Edinburgh
- Hamish White | University of St. Andrews
Computer Sciences & Information Technology
- Stephen Crowther | Dublin Institute of Technology
- Himel Dev | Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology
- Jack Fitzsimons | Trinity College Dublin
- Pranav Gokhale | Princeton University
- Alvin Khong | Nanyang Technological University
- Yuan Ma | Nanyang Technological University
- Yash Shah | Nanyang Technological University
- Eibhlis Ward | Maynooth University
- Gary White | Trinity College Dublin
Chemical & Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Xinyi Chia | Nanyang Technological University
- Helen Farrants | University of Edinburgh
- Brian Gaynor | University College Dublin
- David Jones | University College Cork
- Cassia Low | Nanyang Technological University
- Arann McMahon | Université de Montréal
- Ciara O'Mahony | Trinity College Dublin
- Irina Ritsch | ETH Zurich
- Leah Taylor Kearney | NUI Galway
- Ashwin Thampi | University College Dublin
Cultural Studies
- Jacob Brunner | University of Manchester
- Farrah Bui | Princeton University
- Tyler Carson | University of Toronto
- Florence Chan | University of Toronto
- Nina Dalsegg | Durham University
- Ruth Daly | Maynooth University
- Jessica Haley | Princeton University
- Ping Kwan Lo | University of Hong Kong
- Rachel Parks | Princeton University
- Bryn Pernot | University of Chicago
- Helen Piel | Maastricht University
- Shannon Reilly | University of Pittsburgh
- Caitlin Richards | Australian National University
- Matej Silecky | University of California, Berkeley
- Carly Welham | University of British Columbia
Design
- Jaki Coffey | National College of Art & Design
- Geoffrey Duffy | Dublin Institute of Technology
- Andy Lim | Nanyang Technological University
- Fran Lynch | Waterford Institute of Technology
- Sinead McLoughlin | Dublin Institute of Technology
- Stephen Quinn | National College of Art & Design
- Cliodhna Walsh | Dublin Institute of Technology
Earth & Environmental Sciences
- Rebecca Dawkes | Durham University
- Susannah Finn | Trinity College Dublin
- Lucinda Gardner | Durham University
- Florence Greatrix | University of East Anglia
- Shaunagh Keating | University College Dublin
- Edward Lewis | University of Edinburgh
- Ariel Melinger-Cohen | Northwestern University
- Victoria Ponce Hardy | University of Edinburgh
- Lauren Sadowsky | Northwestern University
- Gea van der Lee | Universiteit Utrecht
Economics
- Matthew Costello | University College Dublin
- Eoin Flaherty | University College Dublin
- Pierce Healy | Trinity College Dublin
- Gabrielle Inder | Duke University
- Justin Katiraei | Harvard University
- Emma Tobin | Trinity College Dublin
- Matthew Warboys | University of Leeds
Education
- Yasmin Hanif | University of Glasgow
- Robert Higgins | NUI Galway
- Fiona Horan | Institute of Technology Carlow
- Lainey Keane | Mary Immaculate College Limerick
- Sarah Martin | McGill University
- Cormac McCarthy | Mary Immaculate College Limerick
- Kim O'Toole | St. Angela's College of Education Sligo
- Leah Proctor | Stranmillis University College
- Michael Scarpitti | University of Toronto
- Michelle Toye | Letterkenny Institute of Technology
- Megan Turner | St. Mary's University College Belfast
Engineering & Mechanical Sciences
- Matthew Ball | Durham University
- Alastair Blanshard | University of Bristol
- Valts Blukis | Nanyang Technological University
- Yong Xian Chia | Nanyang Technological University
- Ing Loon Sean Chu | Nanyang Technological University
- David Ding | University of Toronto
- James Fogarty | Cork Institute of Technology
- Zhi Xian Kevin Goh | Nanyang Technological University
- Harish Kathiresan | University of Manchester
- Wong Kin Keong | Nanyang Technological University
- Aneesh Kommalapati | Nanyang Technological University
- Edwin Loke | Nanyang Technological University
- Fiona Malone | University of Limerick
- Emma Meade | Trinity College Dublin
- Yon Hon Ng | Australian National University
- Niall O'Murchu | Dublin Institute of Technology
- Kim Siang Ong | Nanyang Technological University
- Brian Reed | Princeton University
- Rahul Sabhnani | University of Southampton
- Agung Purnomo Sendy | Nanyang Technological University
- Daniel Ukasoanya | Covenant University
- Behrad Vatankhahghadim | | University of Toronto
History
- Hazel Blair | University of St. Andrews
- Diarmuid Bolger | University College Dublin
- Nino Chitaia | University of St. Andrews
- Azza Cohen | Princeton University
- Evana Downes | University of Limerick
- Sophie Elder | University of St. Andrews
- Conor Heffernan | Trinity College Dublin
- Kate Horgan | University of Limerick
- Jamie Jessop | University of Bristol
- Jozef Kosc | Sciences Po Paris
- Mikko Koskela | University of Helsinki
- Alexandr Lenk | University of California, Santa Barbara
- Tom Lonergan | University College Cork
- Ailda Miranda-Wolff | University of Chicago
- Daniel McKay | Australian National University
- Alan O'Driscoll | Mary Immaculate College, Limerick
- Rebecca Preston | Australian National University
- Ciarán Quinn | Queen's University Belfast
- Felix Reimer | University of Dundee
- Spencer Schmider | Northwestern University
- Hanna Smyth | University of British Columbia
- Chengji Xing | Peking University
International Relations & Politics
- Jonathan Bertulis-Fernandes | University of Hong Kong
- Stuart Bramwell | University of Glasgow
- Lucy Bune | Durham University
- Koon Hong Chan | University of Hong Kong
- Finian Cullity | University of Queensland
- Duc Dao | Australian National University
- Anneloes Hoff | University College Roosevelt, Universiteit Utrecht
- Daniel Johnson | Princeton University
- Gah-Kai Leung | University of Warwick
- Helen Wai-sze Leung | University of Hong Kong
- Elisabeth McLinton | Monash University
- Constantin-Alexander Mehmel | Durham University
- Tanya Millett | University of Leeds
- Surer Mohamed | Western University
- Paul O'Neill | University of Limerick
- Kari Pahlman | Australian National University
- James Pow | Queen's University Belfast
- Joelle Rebeiz | Georgetown University
- Andrea Salguero | McGill University
- Anja Schoen | Trinity College Dublin
- Shane Scott | University College Dublin
- Amanda Sheppard | University of St. Andrews
- Katja Theodorakis | Australian National University
- Linda Vo | Princeton University
- Frank Weng | University of Toronto
- Rhian Williams | University of Leeds
- Alice Xie | University of Pennsylvania
Irish Language
- Louise Farrell | NUI Galway
- Deirdre Johnstone | St. Patrick's College Drumcondra
- Hannah Somers | NUI Galway
- John Woods | University College Dublin
Languages & Linguistics
- Hannah Barker | Durham University
- Abigail Bard | Dartmouth College
- Miles Coleman | University of Bristol
- Sarah Eiteljoerge | Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
- Rory Grugan | Queen's University Belfast
- Christopher Hammerly | University of Minnesota
- Sofia Hewson | Durham University
- Kieran Lambe | Queen's University Belfast
- Sandra Lukic | University of Edinburgh
- Amritha Mallikarjun | Carnegie Mellon University
- Christopher Neill | Durham University
- Tracy O'Connor | Queen's University Belfast
- Hannah Rich | Durham University
- Eleri Anona Watson | | Durham University
Law
- Kyrsten Baker | Trinity College Dublin
- Derek Bayley | Australian National University
- Benedict Blunnie | Trinity College Dublin
- Elena Butti | Universiteit Utrecht
- Therese Chambers | Trinity College Dublin
- Long Lam Chu | University of Warwick
- Sarah Chua | Australian National University
- Conor Crummey | Trinity College Dublin
- Shabnam Ellahie | University of Strathclyde
- Patrick Fitzgerald | University College Dublin
- Adam Goldfarb | Durham University
- Oscar Han | Monash University
- Marguerite Jobling | Monash University
- Rebecca Keating | Trinity College Dublin
- Ho Yin Li | University of Hong Kong
- Alex Luk | Durham University
- Naomi Myatt | University of Southampton
- Kirsty Nelson | University of Dundee
- Felicity Ng | Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Robert Noonan | Trinity College Dublin
- Louise Ordinaire | Dublin Institute of Technology
- Emma Kate Ryan | University of Limerick
- Kirstie Shearman | University of Southampton
- Mansi Sood | National Law School of India University, Bangalore
- Shawn Therien | Western University
- Evaline Tsai | Princeton University
- Simon van Oort | Universiteit Utrecht
- Gretal Wee | Australian National University
Life Sciences
- Oluwaseun Aladeboyeje | University of Ilorin
- Kanika Asija | Nanyang Technological University
- Lisa Bolger | University of Limerick
- Elisabetta Cacace | Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna di Pisa
- Yong Jie Andrew Chan | Nanyang Technological University
- Anna Connolly | University College Cork
- Clare Foley | Maynooth University
- Rebecca Fox | University College Dublin
- Caitlin Gibb | Durham University
- Eilot Haworth | University of Manchester
- Ciara-Ruth Kenny | Cork Institute of Technology
- Nils Korte | University of Melbourne
- Siddharth Krishnan | University of Manchester
- Taryn Laubenstein | Yale University
- Albert Liu | Nanyang Technological University
- Maran Lowry | Queen's University Belfast
- Dylan James Mac Lochlainn | University of Cambridge
- Jonathan Marks | Harvard University
- Mimmi Mononen | Karolinska Institute
- Caoimhe O'Brien | University College Dublin
- Cathal O'Hara | University of Ulster
- Deborah O'Regan | Institute of Technology, Sligo
- Matti Ruuskanen | University of Helsinki
- Riyad Seervai | Brown University
- Katherine Tooley | Boston University
- Ayla van Loenen | University of Canterbury
Literature
- Yasmin Al-Quaddoomi | University of Edinburgh
- Naomi Alderson | Cardiff University
- Amsale Alemu | Harvard University
- Nati Amitai | Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Kimberley Jane Anderson | University of St. Andrews
- Katie Arthur | University of Glasgow
- Kerry Brennan | Trinity College Dublin
- Lily Dessau | University of Leeds
- Matthew Fogarty | Maynooth University
- Eavan Gaffney | Université Paris Diderot
- Thomas Godfrey | Trinity College Dublin
- Aaron Golish | McGill University
- Hannah Greenstreet | University of Cambridge
- Colin Groundwater | Yale University
- Martha Hegarty | University College Cork
- Hilary Hovenden | University College Dublin
- Ellen Howley | University College Dublin
- Melissa Huang | University of British Columbia
- Adiba Jaigirdar | University College Dublin
- Caitlin Jokubaitis | Columbia University
- Elisabeth Jones | Cardiff University
- Noren Khamis | Western University
- Laura Kho | Durham University
- David Kilgannon | NUI Galway
- Aedamar Kirrane | University College Dublin
- Christine Klippenstein | McGill University
- Jennifer Komorowski | Western University
- Cherrie Kwok | University of Exeter
- See Jing Chloe Lam | University of Hong Kong
- Cheryl Julia Lee | Nanyang Technological University
- Ruth Lawlor | University College Cork
- Joanna Markbreiter | University of Cambridge
- Meadhbh McGrath | Trinity College Dublin
- Georgina Mind | University of Sussex
- Anne-Marie Morgan | Queen's University Belfast
- Nora Moroney | Trinity College Dublin
- Carolyn Nagakawa | University of British Columbia
- Rowan Morris | Western University
- Francesca Robbins | University of Cambridge
- Jamie Rooney | Western University
- Orla Sadlier | Institute of Art, Design & Technology
- Reuben Steenson | Queen's University Belfast
- Alice Thorpe | University of York
- Amrit Trewn | Northwestern University
- Michael Wee | Durham University
- Yannick Weiler | University of Trier
- Caitriona Whelan | Maynooth University
- Michael Wilkinson | University of British Columbia
- Rachel Wilson | University of Edinburgh
- Bethany Worrall | Cardiff University
- Wing Yiu Yeung | University of Hong Kong
Maths & Physics
- Aoibheann Brady | Trinity College Dublin
- Aoife Curran | Trinity College Dublin
- Flurin Eisner | University of Bristol
- Samuel Hatfield | University of Bristol
- Joshua Holgate | University of Cambridge
- Luca Iliesiu | Princeton University
- Salvatore Mercuri | University of Edinburgh
- Helen McKinstry | Queen's University Belfast
- Henry Oliver | University of Bristol
- Aaron Reid | Queen's University Belfast
- Maria Weikum | University of Strathclyde
Media & the Arts
- Mairead Carey | University College Cork
- Jason Chen | University of Pittsburgh
- Olympia Christofinis | Rutgers University
- Lorraine Cleary | Limerick Institute of Technology
- Sasha Crawford-Holland | McGill University
- Erika Davis | McGill University
- Claire Dillon | Northwestern University
- Charlotte Douglas | Trinity College Dublin
- Jack Fayter | University of Bristol
- Ross Feehan | Stanford University
- Rebecca Gausnell | Northwestern University
- Bethany Haworth | University of Manchester
- Eimear Hurley | University College Cork
- Brónach McGuinness | University of Ulster
- Kris McGuire | Waterford Institute of Technology
- Morad Moazami | University of Toronto
- Dominic O'Key | University of Leeds
- Thomas Pelkey | Boston University
- Gabija Purlyte | Trinity College Dublin
- Alexis Stanley | Duke University
- Stephen Quinn | Trinity College Dublin
Medical Sciences
- Alice Accorroni | Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna di Pisa
- Linnea Jonsson Axelsson | Karolinska Institute
- Rachel Bramah | University of St. Andrews
- Xintian Chia | Nanyang Technological University
- Alisa Connolly | University of Ulster
- Niamh Crowley | University College Cork
- Mark Harris | University College Cork
- Rebecca Hennessy | Trinity College Dublin
- Chung Po Lam | Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Colin McGrath | Trinity College Dublin
- Megan McGregor | University of Edinburgh
- Grace McKenna | Queen's University Belfast
- Maria Movin | Karolinska Institute
- Wen Hang Ng | Nanyang Technological University
- Louise O'Rourke | University of Limerick
- Elin Persson | Karolinska Institute
- Maureen Randall | University of Pittsburgh
- Jarrel Seah | Monash University
- Milani Sivapragasam | Western University
- Andrea Strakova | University of Cambridge
- Maeve Tuohy | Dublin Institute of Technology
- Mei Wen | Western University
Nursing & Midwifery
- Alexander Abbott | University of Birmingham
- Joshi Dookhy | Trinity College Dublin
- Steven Dunkley | City University London
- Judith Elwood | Queen's University Belfast
- Elaine Finucane | NUI Galway
- Shion Gosrani | University of Edinburgh
- Elaine McCleary | University of Dundee
- Beth Morrison | University of Edinburgh
- Amy Mullins | University College Cork
- Rita O'Connell | University of Limerick
- Dawn Smyth | Waterford Institute of Technology
- Elaine Sweeney | St. Angela's College of Education Sligo
- Jessica Weiner | University of Pittsburgh
Philosophy & Theology
- Adeola Ajirotutu | University of Pittsburgh
- Rachel Bath | Western University
- Matthew Ling Chee Choi | University of Hong Kong
- Ken Farrel | University College Dublin
- Scott Gallacher | University of Dundee
- Arash Ghiassi | University of Toronto
- Adam Gibbons | University College Dublin
- Robin Hughes | University of St. Andrews
- Adrianna Kepinska | Durham University
- Wilson Lee | University of Edinburgh
- Genevieve Mercier-Dalphond | McGill University
- Conor McGlynn | Trinity College Dublin
- Sam McGrath | University of Chicago
- Rebecca Noble | University of Notre Dame
- Tadhg O'Laoghaire | University College Cork
- Rachel Robertson | University of Cambridge
- Taylor Rodrigues | University of St. Andrews
- Ashika Singh | Trinity College Dublin
- Radoslaw Szymanski | University of St. Andrews
- Colum Wedel | NUI Galway
Psychology
- Shuming Bai | Nanyang Technological University
- Suzie Capps | Durham University
- Florence Chan | University of Toronto
- Mark Corcoran | NUI Galway
- Aisling Davies | University College Cork
- Xiaolei Deng | University of British Columbia
- Nathan Dowling | Trinity College Dublin
- Niamh Doyle | Trinity College Dublin
- Diego Garaialde | Dublin City University
- Christopher Hammerly | University of Minnesota
- Philippa Hammond | University of St. Andrews
- Lauren Hindt | University of Minnesota
- Tasmin Humphrey | University of Southampton
- Ewan Keith | University of Edinburgh
- Adrianna Kepinska | Durham University
- Gemma Leddie | University of Birmingham
- Nicholas Lee | Harvard University
- Hause Lin | University of Sussex
- Stuart Loebl | Australian National University
- Myles Maillet | Western University
- Imogen Meborn-Hubbard | University College London
- Jenny Murphy | City University London
- Ronan O'Keeffe | NUI Galway
- Jemma Peach | University of Birmingham
- Caitriona Pennycook | Mary Immaculate College Limerick
- Tianyou Qiu | University of Cambridge
- Hayley Rahl | Carnegie Mellon University
- Hanne Stotesbury | City University London
- Sophie Taylor | Australian National University
- Michelle Thai | Northwestern University
- Melvin Wan | University College London
- Conal Wrigley | University College Cork
Social Sciences
- Katie Arthur | University of Glasgow
- Federica Banfi | Queen's University Belfast
- Christina Bax | Stanford University
- Tairin Biasci | University College Cork
- Shelby Challis | University of Toronto
- Joshua Colquhoun | University of Ulster
- Rosanna Cooney | University College Dublin
- Sofia Falzoni | Northwestern University
- Dilini Fernando | Australian National University
- Arun Frey | City University London
- Liath Gleeson | Trinity College Dublin
- Idaliya Grigoryeva | NRU - Higher School of Economics
- Danny Heaney | University of Ulster
- Kieran Hegarty | Monash University
- Daniel Johnson | Princeton University
- Furqan Akram Khan | Nanyang Technological University
- Ivan Márquez | Trinity College Dublin
- Louise McCormick | University College Cork
- Naoise McDonagh | NUI Galway
- Joshua Oware | University of Oxford
- Kari Pahlman | Australian National University
- Jalal Pour | Nottingham Trent University
- Ceava Proctor | University of Ulster
- Philipp Requat | University of Edinburgh
- Ella Szklaruk | University of Manchester
- Evaline Tsai | Princeton University
- Natasha Walker | University of Ulster
- Kristopher Young | University of Strathclyde
Visual Arts
- Elizabeth Burgess | Limerick Institute of Technology
- Lorraine Cleary | Limerick Institute of Technology
- Padraig Conway | National College of Art & Design
- Avril Corroon | National College of Art & Design
- Martha Daly | National College of Art & Design
- Jen Fullerton | Australian National University
- Mandi Halonen | University of Dundee
- Wilfred Lim | Nanyang Technological University
- Aisling Reddin | Dublin Institute of Technology
- Emily Robards | Limerick Institute of Technology
- Kho Ruiwei | Nanyang Technological University
- Katie Watchorn | National College of Art & Design
- Nicola Whelan | National College of Art & Design