Two Irish entrepreneurs in the running for EU women innovator awards
Akara’s Niamh Donnelly and Ciara Clancy of Beats Clinical are among the the 14 finalists in the European Innovation Council contest.
Two Irish business people are in the functioning for important EU innovation awards.
Niamh Donnelly of Akara Robotics and Dr Ciara Clancy of Beats Professional medical are between 14 finalists from across Europe who have been shortlisted for this year’s EU Prize for Gals Innovators.
Funded by the European Innovation Council beneath Horizon Europe, the EU’s study and innovation programme, the awards request to rejoice the girls behind groundbreaking innovations.
3 prizes really worth €100,000 every single will be awarded to leading innovators, whilst 3 prizes truly worth €50,000 will go to promising emerging innovators below the age of 35.
Clancy, who is founder and CEO of Beats Clinical, is a single of 8 finalists in the females innovators group.
She properly trained as a physiotherapist but moved into medtech a ten years in the past when she began Beats Healthcare. Her organization is acquiring tech to help people with Parkinson’s ailment to evaluate and control their mobility indications.
Clancy has been recognised for her innovations ahead of, getting named Cartier Women’s Initiative laureate in 2015 and Ireland’s Finest Younger Entrepreneur in 2017
Image: Niamh Donnelly
Donnelly is co-founder and main robotics officer at Dublin-based Akara. She is a single of six finalists in the growing innovator group, which recognises entrepreneurs beneath 35.
The Trinity spin-out has concentrated on establishing AI and robots for the healthcare sector, earning a mark with social treatment robotic Stevie and disinfection robotic Violet.
Donnelly has a essential purpose to perform when it arrives to the tech and AI driving these robots, which are staying analyzed out in Eire and past.
‘Good for progress, excellent for people’
The EU Prize for Gals Innovators was first released in 2011. Above the past decade, far more than 30 experts and business people have received awards and a further 100 girls have been shortlisted.
Past calendar year, a third of the business owners nominated for the finals had been from Ireland. In the conclude, Irish sisters Ailbhe and Izzy Keane – the founders of Izzy Wheels – took property the title of climbing innovator and a prize of €50,000.
“Supporting Europe’s gals business owners is fantastic for growth, is good for individuals and is great for our planet,” mentioned Mariya Gabriel, European commissioner for innovation and research.
“This year’s finalists are revolutionary groundbreaking innovations that could help revolutionise health care, develop additional human-centred synthetic intelligence and add to a a lot more sustainable long term.
Together with Clancy, the gals innovators class this 12 months options finalists from Spain, Portugal, France, Germany and Slovakia. Their innovations address medtech, health care, waste recycling, electric powered bicycle trailers and immersive communications.
The soaring innovator category is recognising a host of social enterprises and AI improvements. Donnelly is accompanied by finalists from Germany, Poland, Bulgaria, France and Portugal.
The winners of the EU Prize for Women of all ages Innovators 2022 will be declared at the European Innovation Council Summit, taking position in Brussels on 7 and 8 December.
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