Twelve UCD students awarded prestigious Naughton Foundation Scholarships
Posted 23 October, 2024
Twelve students that chose University College Dublin to further their education apparitions have been named recipients of the prestigious (opens in a new window)Naughton Foundation Scholarship.
Supporting academic and innovative excellence in Irish students, the Naughton Foundation Scholarship guarantees each awardee €24,000 over the course of their degree – providing funding for each year of their undergraduate programme.
This year’s awards were presented by the founding patrons of the Naughton Foundation, Dr Martin Naughton and his wife Carmel, who were joined by An Taoiseach Simon Harris.
2024 UCD Naughton Foundation Scholars
Since its establishment in 2008, Naughton Scholarships worth over €6 million have been awarded to more than 450 outstanding students.
Started in three counties in 2008, the scholarships expanded to become a nationwide scheme in 2016. There is one guaranteed scholarship for each participating county, with some counties awarded more than one.
UCD Naughton Foundation Scholars
| Name | Secondary School | County | UCD Course |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Gilcreest |
Loreto College |
Cavan |
Engineering |
| Daria Kolomiychuk |
Errigal College |
Donegal |
Biomedical Health and Life Sciences |
| Sharon Dolphin |
Yeats College |
Galway |
Biomedical Health and Life Sciences |
| Vishal Tutte |
Maynooth Post Primary School |
Kildare |
Computer Science |
| Sarah Daly |
Scoil Chríost Rí, Portlaoise |
Laois |
Science |
| Ella McNulty |
Scoil Chríost Rí, Portlaoise |
Laois |
Biomedical Health and Life Sciences |
| Eoghan Durkan |
St Muredach’s College Ballina | Mayo |
Science |
| Theo Staunton |
St Patrick’s Classical School |
Meath |
Engineering |
| Anna Curry |
Sacred Heart School Tullamore |
Offaly |
Computer Science |
| Ciara Ó Conalláin |
Ursuline College |
Sligo | Engineering |
| Aimee McMahon |
Presentation Secondary School Thurles |
Tipperary |
Science |
| Sophia Martin |
Gaelcholáiste na Mara |
Wicklow |
Engineering |
The 12 UCD awardees are part of 37 exceptional Irish students awarded the third level scholarships to further their studies in the areas of engineering, science, technology, and maths.
Each prize winner’s former secondary school is also award €1,000 towards their science facilities.
Speaking about the growth and development of the programme over the past seventeen years, Dr Naughton expressed his and his wife’s delighted at the growth of the program and “the incredible community of alumni who are doing extraordinary work in education, research and industry at home and abroad”.
“We are delighted to welcome a new cohort of wonderful young people to join this group and to support and encourage them in a small way with their undergraduate studies in Ireland.
“We firmly believe that these bright and engaging students who are passionate about their studies in the STEM areas will be Ireland’s leaders and wealth creators of the future.”
By: David Kearns, Digital Journalist / Media Officer, UCD University Relations
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