U.S. Scholar Awards

What are they?

The Fulbright U.S. Scholar Awards are grants for American citizens to undertake research or lecturing in Ireland over a period of three to twelve months. The application period for 2021-2022 U.S. Awards is now open with a deadline of 15 September 2020.

There are several types of grants available for scholars or professionals who are interested in coming to Ireland on a Fulbright Award.

The available grants are as follows:

Fulbright All Discipline Scholar Award

• Must secure letter of affiliation with Irish institution for teaching and/or research
• PhD or relevant experience required

Fulbright Astronomy & Astrophysics Scholar Award

• Must secure a letter of affiliation from Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies
• Ph.D. (or other terminal degree) required

Fulbright Business Administration Scholar Award

• Must secure letter of invitation from Dublin City University’s Business School
• PhD required. Open to academics and qualified professionals in the fields of Accounting, Economics, Entrepreneurship, Finance, Human Resource Management and Organizational Psychology, Management, or Marketing

Fulbright Business and Management - Entrepreneurship Award

• Must secure letter of invitation from Technological University Dublin
• PhD required. Open to academics except early career

Fulbright Celtic Studies Award

• Must secure a letter of affiliation from Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies
• Ph.D. (or other terminal degree) required

Fulbright Computer Science Award

• Must secure a letter of invitation from LyIT
• Open to academics only

Fulbright Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation Award

• Must secure letter of invitation from LyIT
• Open to academics only

Fulbright Future Scoping and Challenge Based Funding Award

• A letter of invitation is preferred
• PhD or other terminal degree required, open to professionals and academics, except early career

Fulbright Geoscience/Earth Science Scholar Award

• Must secure letter of invitation from Geological Survey or Ireland
• PhD required. Applicants should hold a Ph.D. (or equivalent) in Geoscience or a related subject, teaching experience at a third-level institute, a proven track record in research activities – including mentoring students, and a minimum of three peer reviewed publications independent of their Ph.D. supervisor

Fulbright Material Science and  Engineering

• Must secure a letter of invitation from the AMBER Research Centre
• Open to academics only

Fulbright Medical Sciences / Education Scholar Award

• Must secure letter of invitation from the Royal College of Surgeons
• Ph.D., D.Ed. or equivalent. Ten years experience including healthcare settings,
  university/medical or other healthcare school appointment; research active with publishing expertise in this area

Fulbright Medicine - Clinical Research Design

• Must secure letter of invitation from the University College Dublin
• Ph.D or other terminal degree required. Open to Academics, except early career

Fulbright Social Science Award

• Must secure letter of invitation from Maynooth University
• PhD or other terminal degree required

Fulbright Social Science and Humanities Scholar Award

• Must secure letter of invitation from University College Cork
• PhD required

Fulbright Theoretical Physics Scholar Award

• Must secure a letter of affiliation from Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies
• Ph.D. (or other terminal degree) required

Fulbright Visual Arts Scholar Award

• Must secure letter of invitation from Irish Museum of Modern Art
• PhD required. Open to academics and qualified professionals in all appropriate disciplines, but experience working within an institutional photographic department and experience in education and outreach is preferred