Naughton Awards 2016

Thirty-five students from all around the country were presented with the Naughton Awards in the Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute recently. They recognise the ambition and talent of students in science, engineering, technology, and maths. They are due to the generosity and vision of the Naughton family, who have been instrumental in enabling increased focus on STEM.

The Naughton scholarships were initiated in 2008 in response to universities reporting that they were not getting enough good applicants to the STEM subjects and employers reporting that there were insufficient talented applicants for jobs in engineering, technology, science, and computer science.

In the same year that the Naughton scholarships were launched, the Science Gallery in Trinity College was opened, which is also supported by the Naughton Family. Both the Science Gallery and the Naughton Scholarships are about encouraging and enabling young people’s passion for STEM.

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