Principal’s Award for Best Researcher (Joint Award)

Professor Rohanie Maharaj – Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering

Professor Michelle Mycoo – Department of Geomatics Engineering and Land Management, Faculty of Engineering

Principal’s Special Innovation Award

Dr Gloria Ramdeen-Mootoo – Innovation: “The Angel App of Organ Donation Trinidad and Tobago”

Most Outstanding Faculty Researchers

Professor Festus Olutoge – Faculty of Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Dr Oral Daley – Faculty of Food and Agriculture, Department of Food Production

Dr Nicole Roberts – Faculty of Humanities and Education,  Centre for Language Learning

Dr Alicia Elias-Roberts – Faculty of Law

Dr Raveed Khan – Faculty of Medical Sciences, Department of Public Health and Primary Care

Dr Amy Deacon – Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Life Sciences

Dr Henry Bailey – Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics

Most Outstanding Researcher of the Centre/Institute/Unit

Dr Bephyer Parey – Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies

Most Outstanding Graduate Researcher Award & Mentorship Award

Graduate Student: Dr Nirmala Ramnarine

Supervisor: Professor Jerome De Lisle

Thesis: Validating Interpretations and Uses of School-Based Assessment in CSEC Public Examinations

School of Education, Faculty of Humanities and Education

Most Outstanding Graduate Researcher Award & Mentorship Award

Graduate Student: Dr Sunshine De Caires

Supervisor: Professor Mark Wuddivira

Thesis: Modelling Spatial and Temporal Trends of Soil Quality in Small Island Tropical Watersheds for Climate Change Resilience

Department of Food Production, Faculty of Food and Agriculture

Most Promising Early Career Researcher Award

Dr Kegan Jones – Lecturer, School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences

Award Committee’s Selection for Special Recognition under Best Team Research 

Mr Stokeley Smart and Team – Project: The Smart Tables® Trinidad and Tobago Framework, Creating Complete Mortality Life Tables for CARICOM: The Cases of Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica, and Constructing Complete Mortality Tables for the Employed Population of Trinidad and Tobago

Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Faculty of Science and Technology

Most Productive Research Department Award 

Department of Life Sciences 

Head of the Department – Dr Mike Oatham/Dr Azad Mohammed 

Most Productive Research Department Award 

Department of Food Production 

Head of the Department – Dr Wendy-Ann Isaac 

Most Productive Research Institute, Centre, or Unit Award 

Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies (SALISES) 

Director – Dr Sandra Sookram 

Hurricane and Earthquake Alleviation Research (HEAR) Award – Joint Award 

Barataria Community Council – Ms June Rogers  

Project: Barataria Climate-Smart Hydroponic Edible Landscape Initiative: A Community-Led Model for Hurricane-Resilient Urban Food Security 

Hurricane and Earthquake Alleviation Research (HEAR) Award – Joint Award 

Ms Karin Hatch, Dr Sarah Subhan, Mrs Dionne Brewster-Phillip, and Dr Cherisse Rambarose  

Project: Beyond The Waves Therapeutic Program: A Psychosocial Innovation for Health and Climate Resilience in Post-Hurricane Caribbean Communities 

Award Committee’s Selection for Special Recognition – HEAR AWARD 

Dr Omardath Maharaj 

Faculty of Food and Agriculture 

Operation FOOD: Farmers Opting to Overcome Disaster 

Principal’s Award for Most Impactful Community Research 

Dr Ben Braithwaite 

Project: Deaf Caribbean Academic Network Research 

Special Recognition for Most Impactful Community Research 

Dr Kenneth Charles 

Project: Action Research to Introduce Community Voluntary Non-Remunerated Blood Donation 

Special Recognition for Most Impactful Community Research 

Professor Pathmanathan Umaharan and the Cocoa Research Centre Team 

Project: Research for supporting rural cocoa growing communities to build their resilience against climate change for economic, social and environmental sustainability