Three MSc. in Medical Physics students awarded IAEA's Marie Skłodowska Curie Fellowships

Three of our 2023/24 MSc. in Medical Physics students have been awarded fellowships under the (opens in a new window)International Atomic Energy Agency’s Marie Skłodowska Curie Fellowship Programme (MSCFP) to support their postgraduate studies at UCD.

Larysa Duda, Banashree Kalita and Osahenre Samuel, who began their MSc. in Medical Physics programme at UCD in September 2023, have been awarded these prestigious IAEA fellowships, which aim to help increase the number of women working in nuclear science and technology, and build up gender-balanced capacities relevant to nuclear science and its applications, nuclear safety and security, non-proliferation and nuclear law.

Larysa Duda, Banashree Kalita and Osahenre Samuel, recipients of the MSCFP awards

The fellowshis provide support for highly motivated female students accepted or enrolled in a master’s programme in a nuclear related field at an accredited university. MSCFP recipients are provided with opportunities to participate in and contribute to various technical events, workshops and trainings. They can deliver presentations or share information on their research or master’s thesis, as well as contribute to scientific papers and panel discussions related to their specialisation or benefit from specialised trainings.

The programme honours Marie Skłodowska Curie for her pioneering research on radioactivity, which was a crucial step in the scientific journey to the peaceful uses of nuclear energy. Marie Skłodowska-Curie was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize and was the first person, and only woman, to be awarded two Nobel Prizes, one in Physics in 1903, and one in Chemistry in 1911.