#MarineScience - The Fulbright Commission and the Marine Institute are offering a unique opportunity for an Irish PhD candidate or scholar to travel to the US to research in the fields of marine science or marine-related business sector.
The commission is particularly interested in receiving applications for this award from candidates who are exploring:
- Marine Sensor Technologies and Observation Systems
- Maritime Economics
- Marine Spatial Planning, Maritime Law and Security
- Renewable Ocean Energy
- Marine Biotechnology (including Functional Foods)
- Marine Environment
- Oceanographic Modelling
- Shipping, Seafood Safety, and
- Ecosystems-based Fisheries Management
Fulbright Irish Awards offer funding and administrative support for Irish citizens and EU citizens (resident in Ireland for more than three years) to study, research or teach/lecture in the USA for a period of four months or one semester, up to one year.
The application period is now open with a deadline is 4pm on Friday 28 October.
Details of the 2017-2018 Fulbright-Marine Institute Award to conduct postgraduate research in the US in all fields of marine science or marine-related business sector are available at the Marine Institute website HERE.
Fulbright staff will hold a webinar giving general information on the Fulbright Irish Awards at 1pm next Tuesday 13 September – email [email protected] if you would like to register.
Fulbright award managers can be reached on 01 660 7670 or at [email protected] to answer application queries. Fulbright Ireland ambassadors are also available to give on-campus support.