In 2015, Prof. Dermot O’Hare was awarded a University of Oxford Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences Division Impact Award (MPLS) Impact Acceleration Account Secondment Fund Award to spend a sabbatical year with SCG Chemicals in Bangkok, Thailand.
In 2016, Prof. Dermot O’Hare was awarded a further MPLS Division Impact Award in recognition of the creation of the SCG-Oxford Centre of Excellence in Chemistry.