Joint Top Result in Irish State Examinations taken by over 60,000 15 & 16 years olds across Ireland in 2013[7][8] 1st Place Winner in 25th EU Young Scientist of the Year (2013)[9] Ciara Judge is an Irish scientist from Kinsale, County Cork[14][15] and a public speaker.
[16] She was a finalist of the 42nd BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition in 2013 at the age of fifteen with two others: Emer Hickey, Sophie Healy-Thow.
[20] In 2014, she jointly with her 2 friends won the grand prize in Google Science Fair[21][22][23][24][25][26][27] Ciara was also listed as one of the 25 most influential teens in Time for the year 2014 as a result of her innovation.
They found their test crops germinated in half the time and had a drymass yield up to 7 percent greater than usual.
[47][48][49] She was honoured for her interest in STEM (Science Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) and awarded as top role model.