Olympiad Co-ordinator
Dr. Odilla Finlayson Olympiad Coordinator
Associate Professor Science Education, CASTeL, DCU
T: 01 700 5409
E: odilla.finlayson@dcu.ie
Scientific Olympiads Committee
Dr. Paul van Kampen Assoc Professor, School of Physical Sciences, DCU
Dr. Eamonn Cunningham Assoc Professor, School of Physical Sciences, DCU
Dr. Pat O’Malley Assist Professor, School of Chemical Sciences, DCU
Dr. Mercedes Vazquez Assist Professor, School of Chemical Sciences, DCU
Dr. Emma Coyle Assist Professor, School of Chemical Sciences, DCU
Conor Akintola School of Biotechnology, DCU
Dr. Brian Murphy Faculty of Sciences and Health, AIT
Dr. Cormac Quigley School of Science, GMIT
The Irish Junior Science Olympiad
The Irish Junior Science Olympiad (IrJSO) is a science competition for students who are under sixteen on December 31st of the year of the competition. It is held annually in Dublin City University (DCU) in October. Finalists qualify through the Junior Certificate Examinations are identified by the State Examinations Commission (SEC). At the IrJSO competition, all participants receive a certificate. The top three students are awarded gold medals, the next three silver and the next three bronze. The gold & silver medal winners represent Ireland at the annual International Junior Science Olympiad (IJSO) in December. The bronze medal winners are on the reserve list.
IrJSO 2019 Update
The IrJSO competition will be held on SATURDAY 2nd November 2019 in DCU (Glasnevin Campus).
Letters inviting students will be in schools next week.If you completed Junior Certificate in 2019, achieved high grades in Science and Maths and were born in 2004, then check with your school Principal next week to see if a letter of invitation has been sent to you. More details to be posted next week.
Irish European Union Science Olympiad
The Irish European Union Science Olympiad (IrEUSO) is an individual, subject based (biology, chemistry or physics) science competition for students who are sixteen years of age or younger on the December 31st prior to the competition. It is held annually in Dublin City University (DCU). Finalists qualify through the Junior Certificate Examinations in Maths and Science.
Only students in Transition Year (TY) or in Fifth (5th) Year make take part in the EUSO.
IrEUSO/EUSO 2019-2020
The dates for IrEUSO 2019-2020 have not yet been confirmed. Previous participants in IrJSO who are eligible (i.e. born in 2003 and currently in 5th year) for EUSO will be notified of the IrEUSO competition in due course
Irish Chemistry Olympiad
The Irish Chemistry Olympiad is a Competition for Irish students in the final year of second level education who are under twenty on December 31st in the year of the competition. It is held annually in Dublin City University (DCU). Students from Northern Ireland (NI) and the Republic of Ireland (RoI) are invited to take part in the competition. A panel will be selected, and after further competition the two top students from NI and RoI may form the Irish International Chemistry Olympiad Team and represent Ireland at the IChO in July (subject to funding).