Archive for November 2013
November 26th, 2013: Apply Now to Speak at TEDxFulbrightDublin
Do you have a bold idea worth spreading? A creative topic big enough to change the world? Then you might be just what we are looking for in a speaker at TEDxFulbrightDublin. The Fulbright Commission of Ireland will host the first ever TEDxFulbright event in Ireland on Saturday, April 5th, 2014 in the Smock Alley…
Read MoreNovember 14th, 2013: Marine Institute Award Announced, Deadline Extended
The Fulbright Commission and Marine Institute have come together to offer this unique opportunity for an Irish postgraduate student or scholar to travel to the U.S. to study or research in the fields of marine science or business. The new deadline for this award is Friday, November 29th, 2013 at 5:00 p.m. This is a…
Read MoreNovember 11th, 2013: Irish Student Numbers Rise 9% at US Colleges
Press Release For Immediate Release Irish Student Numbers Rise 9% at US Colleges US Students Studying in Ireland Grows at Same Rate Monday, November 11th, 2013: The 2013 Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange, released today, finds that Irish students studying in the United States increased by 9.3% percent over the past five years…
Read MoreNovember 7th, 2013: Fulbright Awardee, Kieran McCarthy, Shares Advice on Completing a Fulbright Application
Current Irish Fulbright Student Awardee, Kieran McCarthy, is currently studying for a LLM at Georgetown University. In the pdf below he shares his advice and tips on applying for a Fulbright Award. Chasing William – Some Insights into the Fulbright Student Award Process Please note that this essay is specifically aimed at UCD Law Students.…
Read MoreNovember 5th, 2013: Fulbrighter Anne Driscoll's Travelogue
I arrived two months ago today in Dublin. And since then, I discovered about myself that I love Love/Hate – the Irish gangland TV series, all the swans that grace the canal outside my deck, and Irish brown bread. In the last month, I was on TV3 Ireland AM to discuss the Irish Innocence Project,…
Read MoreNovember 4th, 2013: Fulbright-Schuman Awards Now Open for Applications
The Fulbright Commission of Ireland has officially opened the competition for the 2014-2015 Fulbright-Schuman Awards. The Fulbright-Schuman Awards are monetary grants for EU students or professionals, such as policy-makers, or individuals in industry, the media, politics, or academia, to study or research EU-US relations or EU affairs in the United States. Preliminary applications must be…
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