21 Fulbright Irish Awardees have been announced for 2024-2025. The recipients were presented with awards at a ceremony at Inveigh House in Dublin on Friday, June 14.
Fulbright Irish scholars, students, and professionals will attend leading institutions in the US from August 2024 to August 2025 researching various fields and serving as cultural ambassadors.
Irish awardees will share their knowledge, ideas, and experience when they return home.
Fulbright Ireland-USA said that the 2024-2025 awardees will attend diverse institutions such as the University of Puerto Rico, New York University, the University of Maine, the University of Colorado Denver, The New School, and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
Awardees will research a range of fields including urban studies, literature, information science, public health, fine arts, political science, engineering, physics, pharmacology, journalism, and genetics.
Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistants (FLTAs) will teach the Irish language at such universities as Davidson-Davie Community College, Catholic University of America, the University of Montana, and the University of Notre Dame, to name a few.
Speaking at the awards ceremony, Ireland's Minister of State for Sport, Physical Education and the Gaeltacht at the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media and at the Department of Education, Thomas Byrne T.D., said: “The Fulbright Programme plays a crucial role in sustaining the close relationship that the United States and Ireland enjoy.
"As Fulbright Awardees across all disciplines embark on academic and cultural exchanges across the US, they serve as ambassadors for Ireland, forging academic links through innovative research, building global understanding, and representing the best of the island of Ireland.
"Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistants teach the Irish language, embody Irish culture and share their learnings upon return.
"The Department of Tourism, Arts, Culture, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media and the Department of Foreign Affairs proudly support this programme. I extend my sincere congratulations to the 2024-2025 Fulbright Irish Awardees.”
Chair of the Fulbright Commission Ireland Board, Professor Paul Donnelly, said: “As Chair of the Fulbright Ireland Board, I am delighted to congratulate the recipients of the 2024-2025 Fulbright Irish Awards.
"In a year that saw the Commission award Fulbright Public Service Awards to Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi and Dr. Anthony Fauci, so too do Fulbright awardees represent the core Fulbright values of meticulous, innovative, and high-quality research and teaching in service to the public good.
"As they begin their cultural and educational exchanges in the US, awardees join a distinguished global network of Fulbright alumni, experts, peers, and colleagues who have achieved success and accolades in all disciplines. I wish the new awardees an enjoyable and fruitful experience in the United States.”
Executive Director of the Fulbright Commission in Ireland, Dr. Dara FitzGerald, said: “Each year, I take pride in the outstanding, passionate recipients of the Fulbright Irish Awards, and I’m filled with renewed hope and optimism for their service to Ireland.
"This year is no different. Fulbrighters create an impact not only through innovative research, teaching, or study, but through immersing themselves in the culture of a country and sharing their knowledge and ideas when they return home.
"I am certain that the empathy, understanding, and passion of the Irish awardees will contribute to a global culture of understanding in today’s increasingly polarised world. Comhghairdeas to our new awardees!"
Established in 1957, the Fulbright Program in Ireland annually awards grants to exceptional candidates from across Ireland to study, research, or teach / lecture at leading institutions in the US and for Americans to do the same in Ireland. Participants study and work in disciplines ranging from health, science, technology, and business to culture, the arts, and the Irish language.
Since its formation, over 2,500 postgraduate students, scholars, professionals, and teachers across all disciplines have participated in the programme. The Commission is supported by the U.S. Department of State and the Irish Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media.
The Fulbright Irish Awards will open on August 29, 2024. Interested candidates can visit Fulbright.ie for more information.
2024-2025 Fulbright Irish Awardees
Fulbright Irish Scholars
- Dr. Nuria de Cos Lara
- Assoc. Prof. Kate Frazer
- Elva Mulchrone
- Prof. Niall Ó Dochartaigh
- Dr Cian O'Connor
- Caleb O’Connor
- Dr. Paul van Kampen
Fulbright Techimpact Scholar
- Dr. Karen McCarthy
Fulbright Irish Students
- Abdulbaset Alazhare
- Jack Murray
- Conall Ó Fátharta
- Mairéad O'Donnell
- John O'Grady
Fulbright FLTAs
- Róisín Ní Bhroin
- Órla Casserly
- Édith de Faoite
- Áine Humphreys
- Caragh Nic Néill
- Elaine Ní Mhuirí
- Luke O'Donoghue
- Róisín Ní Raghallaigh
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