​The Cunningham College Awards recognise achievements in undergraduate research projects. They are awarded in memory of Mark Cunningham, former Assistant Director of Geological Survey Ireland.

Two equal prizes of €350 are awarded to the best undergraduate projects by students graduating from Irish universities each year.

2021 Cunningham Award winners are:

Eimear Mckenna, UCC: The Geology of Carlingford Igneous Complex.

Avery Fenton, NUI Galway: Mississippian (Serpukhovian) microvertebrate fish fossils from St Brendan's Well, County Clare.

Section from Eimear Mckenna's work on the geology of the Carlingford Igneous Complex, Co Louth.

Poster on the work of Avery Fenton on the new Mississippian fish microvertebrate assemblage from St Brendan's Well, Co Clare.