Each year, Lavit Gallery awards a student or students of MTU Crawford College of Art & Design the Student of the Year Award. This award consists of an exhibition at Lavit Gallery and a cash prize kindly provided by our sponsor Roberts Nathan Accountants. This award was established in 1967 and we are delighted to continue to offer these emerging artists this prize and are so proud to see many go on to have very established careers as artists.
| Year | Sponsor | Winner |
| 2022 | Roberts Nathan Business Advisors, Audit & Tax | Helen Cantwell |
| Bernie Hennessy | ||
| 2021 | Roberts Nathan Business Advisors, Audit & Tax | Lorraine Parker |
| Lorraine Poulter | ||
| Luna Torresel Rave | ||
| Fionn van der Noll | ||
| 2020 | Roberts Nathan Business Advisors, Audit & Tax | Deirdre Frost |
| 2019 | Roberts Nathan Business Advisors, Audit & Tax | Padraic Barrett |
| Orla O’Byrne | ||
| 2018 | Roberts Nathan Business Advisors, Audit & Tax | Sue Dolan |
| 2017 | Parfrey Murphy | Stephen Doyle |
| 2016 | Parfrey Murphy | Holly Walsh |
| 2015 | Parfrey Murphy | Dearbhla Coffey |
| Pauline Gibbons | ||
| Angela Gilmour | ||
| 2014 | Parfrey Murphy & CO | Joseph Keating |
| Yestin Reboul | ||
| 2011 | Parfrey Murphy & CO | Sinéad Fagan |
| Raphael Llewellyn | ||
| 2010 | Parfrey Murphy & CO | Pam Carroll |
| Aine Maher | ||
| 2009 | Parfrey Murphy & CO | Susan O’Regan |
| 2008 | Parfrey Murphy & CO | Elayne O’Connor |
| 2007 | Parfrey Murphy & CO | Roisín Kinsella |
| 2006 | Parfrey Murphy & CO | Elizabeth Charleson |
| 2005 | Parfrey Murphy & CO | Sam Curtin |
| 2004 | Parfrey Murphy & CO | Tonia Kehoe |
| 2003 | Parfrey Murphy & CO | Sheenagh Geoghegan |
| Frances Kelly | ||
| 2002 | Parfrey Murphy & CO | Sinéad Rice |
| Kathleen Kelly | ||
| 2001 | Parfrey Murphy & CO | Suzanne O’Sullivan |
| 2000 | Parfrey Murphy & CO | Paul White |
| 1999 | Parfrey Murphy & CO | Lorraine Mullins |
| 1998 | Parfrey Murphy & CO | Mary Gregarly |
| 1997 | Descon Ltd | Karin Smyth |
| Katie Sweeny | ||
| 1996 | Cork Art Supplies | Sinéad De hÓra |
| 1995 | Imperial Hotel | Alex Pentek |
| 1994 | Cork Arts Society | Brian Smyth |
| Claire Dunne | ||
| 1993 | Cork Arts Supplies | Margaret Barron |
| 1992 | NE Murphy | Mark Ewart |
| 1991 | Joseph Woodward & Sons | Ann Whitty |
| 1990 | Cork Arts Society | Catherine Kenny |
| AIB Bank | Paul Larocque | |
| 1989 | CMP Dairy | Carin MacCana |
| 1988 | Michael White/Salon 33 | Eileen Healy |
| 1987 | Dyno-rod | Padraigh O’Flaherty |
| 1986 | Murphy Brewing Irl Ltd. | Assumpta Harnett |
| 1985 | Cork Arts Society | Antjopia Gottschalk |
| Dave McCormick | ||
| 1984 | Guinness Group Sales Ire. | Eileen McCarthy |
| 1983 | Suttons Ltd. | Micheal Kelly |
| Ann McCormick | ||
| 1982 | Pfizer Chemical Corporation | Donal O’Carroll |
| 1981 | Yoghal Carpets | Bernice Corcoran |
| Bridget Flannery | ||
| 1980 | Irish Dunlop CO. | Pat Looby |
| Bridget O’Connell | ||
| 1979 | Algemene Bank Nederland | Terry Sheehy |
| Áine Walsh | ||
| 1977 | Kelly & Barry (Architects) | Eilis O’Connell |
| Eadaoín Harding | ||
| 1976 | Bank of Ireland | James Scanlon |
| Eilis O’Connell | ||
| Theresa McCarthy | ||
| Siobhán Piercy | ||
| 1975 | Allied Irish Bank | Maud Cotter |
| Jennifer O’Sullivan | ||
| 1974 | Douglas Shopping Centre | Maud Cotter |
| Pfizer Chemical Corporation | Jennifer O’Sullivan | |
| 1973 | John A. Wood Ltd. | Rachel Stretton |
| Vivienne Roche | ||
| Eilis O’Connell | ||
| 1972 | Youghal Carpets | Dierdre O’Donovan |
| Patricia Foley | ||
| Gerard Casey | ||
| Marie Magee | ||
| Ann Lodge | ||
| 1971 | Roofchrome | Gerard Casey |
| 1970 | St. Patrick’s Woollen Mills | Frank Clayton |
| 1969 | St. Patrick’s Woollen Mills | Anne Scally |
| 1968 | St. Patrick’s Woollen Mills | Len de la Cour |
| Pam O’Sullivan | ||
| 1967 | St. Patrick’s Woollen Mills | John Burke |