Posted 15 June 2011
Fulbright Awards for UCD scholars
3 UCD scholars have been awarded Fulbright Awards to undertake research and teaching at US universities.
Jointly funded by the Irish and US governments under the Ireland-United States Commission for Educational Exchange, the Fulbright Awards provide Irish and US students, scholars and professionals with the opportunity to study, lecture and research at leading universities and institutions in the US and Ireland respectively. They were first established in 1957.
Professor Maeve Cooke, Head of the UCD School of Philosophy, University College Dublin, has received a Fulbright Award to conduct research into Truth and Social Theory at the University of California, Berkeley and Yale University.
Pictured receiving her Fulbright Award: Professor Maeve Cooke, Head of the UCD School of Philosophy, and Ms. Una Halligan, Chairperson, Fulbright Commission
Pádraic Déiseach, currently working on his MA Scríobh agus Cumarsáid na Gaeilge at the UCD School of Irish, Celtic Studies, Irish Folklore and Linguistics, University College Dublin, has received a Fulbright Award to attend Elms College Massachusetts as a Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant.
Pictured receiving his Fulbright Award: Pádraic Déiseach, UCD School of Irish, Celtic Studies, Irish Folklore and Linguistics, and Ms. Una Halligan, Chairperson, Fulbright Commission
Madeleine Ní Ghallchobhair, currently undertaking her MA Scríobh agus Cumarsáid na Gaeilge at the UCD School of Irish, Celtic Studies, Irish Folklore and Linguistics, University College Dublin, has received a Fulbright Award to attend Lehman College, New York, as a Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant.
Pictured receiving her Fulbright Award: Madeleine Ní Ghallchobhair, UCD School of Irish, Celtic Studies, Irish Folklore and Linguistics, and Ms. Una Halligan, Chairperson, Fulbright Commission
A total of twenty-five Fulbright Awards were announced at an event hosted by the Deputy Chief of Mission from the US Embassy in Ireland Mr. John Hennessey-Niland on 09 June 2011.
Speaking at the award ceremony An Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Eamon Gilmore TD said:
"The Ireland-United States Commission for Educational Exchange represents not just a commitment to the best educational standards for the successful recipients but also a joint investment by both governments to ever closer ties between our two countries, supporting, as President Obama put it recently in Dublin, the people who make the future happen."
Chargé d'Affaires, a.i. John Hennessey-Niland of the US Embassy in Ireland said:
"The Fulbright Awards are one of the most important collaborative initiatives between our two countries. I wish this year's 25 Irish recipients every success during their term in the U.S. In addition to the important academic and professional experience you are about to embark on, I trust you will make friendships that will remain long after you return to Ireland."
Una Halligan, Chairperson of the Fulbright Commission of Ireland siad:
"Each of these 25 successful candidates was chosen not only on the basis of their individual merits but also because they displayed exceptional leadership ability which is inherent to Fulbright. Great ideas are borne out of people's ability to think creatively, to collaborate well with others and to follow through in order to make things happen. These recipients are some of the finest in their disciplines; I have no doubt they will be outstanding representatives for this country and will thrive and make the most of every opportunity that comes their way."
The Fulbright Awards are presented on an annual basis to Irish students, scholars and professionals to undertake postgraduate study and research at higher education, cultural and related institutions in the United States. Applications are encouraged in all disciplines.
The next Fulbright Awards Competition 2012-2013 will open to applicants on Monday 5th September. For more visit www.fulbright.ie
(Produced by UCD University Relations)
