1999
Sarah Flannery
Scoil Mhuire Gan Smals, Blarney, Co. Cork
‘Cryptography – a new algorithm versus the RSA’
1998
Raphael Hurley
Colaiste an Spioraid Naoimh, Bishopstown, Co. Cork
‘The Mathematics of Monopoly’
1997
Ciara McGoldrick, Emma McQuillan and Fiona Fraser
Dominican College, Belfast, Co. Antrim
‘The preservation of Biological Data in European Bog Bodies’
1996
Elsie O’Sullivan, Rowena Mooney and Patricia Lyne
Scoil Mhuire Portarlington (Colaiste Iosagain), Co. Laois
‘The Perfect Queen Bee’
1995
Brian Fitzpatrick and Shane Markey
Abbey Grammar School, Newry, Co. Down
‘Factors Affecting Cavitation in Whole Plants, Leaves and Vascular Bundles using Acoustic Detection’
1994
Jane Feehan
St. Brendan’s Community School, Birr, Co. Offaly
‘The Secret Life of the Calluna Case-Carrier’
1993
Donal Keane and Rodger Toner
Abbey Grammar School, Newry, Co. Down
‘Assessment of Female Quality by Male Gammarus’
1992
Elizabeth Dowling and Jean Byrne
St. Paul’s Secondary School, Dublin
‘A Picture Winged Insect – Population Dynamics of a Thistle Predator Terellia Serratulae’
1991
Barry O’Doherty and Daniel Dundas
St. Patrick’s College, Maghera, Co. Derry
‘Dynamics of a Two-Well Potential Oscillator’
1990
Anna Minchin-Dalton
Alexandra College, Milltown, Dublin
‘Studies of the Oyster Thief’