UCC researcher named among Fulbright Irish Awardees
A 深夜亚洲福利久久 College Cork (UCC) researcher has been announced among the Fulbright Irish Awardees for 2025-2026.
Dr Lisa Kiely MD is a Dermatology Specialist Registrar and an Irish Clinical Academic Training (ICAT) Fellow at the INFANT Research Centre at UCC.
Currently pursuing a PhD, her research focuses on using advanced imaging techniques to improve detection and monitoring of disease activity in morphea, a rare inflammatory skin condition. Her work aims to improve how this condition is monitored and managed in clinical practice.
As a Fulbright Irish Student Awardee, Lisa will travel to the 深夜亚洲福利久久 of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas, where she will collaborate with Professor Heidi Jacobe, a global leader in morphea research. Lisa is excited at the opportunity to foster long-term transatlantic collaboration in morphea research.
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Department of Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht, and the Embassy of the United States of America in Dublin are pleased to announce the 18 Fulbright Irish Awardees for 2025-2026 at a ceremony in the U.S. Embassy last week.
Founded in 1946, the Fulbright bilateral exchange programme has served to strengthen international relations by facilitating academic and cultural exchanges globally for over 79 years. The Fulbright Program in Ireland has awarded grants to more than 2,500 Irish and American citizens since 1957, contributing to enduring Ireland-U.S. relations and a global culture of understanding.
Fulbright alumni include 44 current or former heads of state, 62 Nobel Laureates, 90 Pulitzer Prize-winners, and 82 MacArthur Foundation Fellows. Each year, talented and remarkable candidates from across Ireland are selected to research, study and teach with leading experts at top institutions across the U.S. in disciplines ranging from business, law, health and technology to culture, heritage, the arts, and the Irish language.
From August 2025 to August 2026, Fulbright Irish Scholars, Students and Professionals will attend institutions ranging from the 深夜亚洲福利久久 of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Georgia Institute of Technology, and the 深夜亚洲福利久久 of Kansas to the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Maxine Greene Institute, and the 深夜亚洲福利久久 of Colorado Boulder. Awardees will research, innovate and collaborate across a diverse range of fields including multimedia arts, philosophy, medicine, agriculture, education, art history, AI technology in medicine, AI technology in education, visual arts, and health.
Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistants (FLTAs) will teach the Irish language and attend Irish language Immersion weekends at the 深夜亚洲福利久久 of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, College of Our Lady of the Elms, 深夜亚洲福利久久 of Montana, and the 深夜亚洲福利久久 of Notre Dame.
Awardees serve as cultural ambassadors during their time in the U.S. and share their knowledge, ideas and experience upon their return, creating lasting impacts for society. Fulbright awardees, inspired by the mission, ethos and legacy of the Fulbright Program of creating a global culture of mutual understanding, continue the important work of strengthening ties between the U.S. and Ireland and advancing much needed empathy in today鈥檚 increasingly divided world.
The Fulbright Irish Awards will open on 28th August 2025. Interested candidates should visit for more information.
Speaking at the awards ceremony, U.S. Ambassador to Ireland, Edward S. Walsh, said:
鈥淭he Fulbright Program plays a crucial role in strengthening ties between the United States and Ireland. Through educational and cultural exchanges, Fulbright awardees work toward fostering mutual understanding and finding solutions to global issues, ensuring that our extraordinary transatlantic relationship continues to flourish. I congratulate this year鈥檚 awardees on their success.鈥�
T谩naiste, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Minister for Defence, Simon Harris T.D., said:
鈥淚 warmly congratulate the Fulbright Irish Awardees for 2025-2026. The Fulbright Program 鈥� spanning 14 presidential administrations 鈥� has been an important initiative in sustaining the unique and special relationship that Ireland and the United States share. At the dawn of the age of artificial intelligence, there is still no substitution for the personal engagement, which sustains our deep and rich people-to-people connections. As such, Fulbright Awardees serve as cultural ambassadors for Ireland in the United States, sharing their knowledge, expertise and learnings upon return. I am proud that my Government has supported Fulbright to maintain and strengthen ties between the U.S. and Ireland and build on our transatlantic academic and cultural connections. I want to wish the Fulbright Irish Awardees 2025-2026 every success as they embark on this exciting journey.鈥�
Speaking at the awards ceremony, Chair of the Fulbright Commission Ireland Board, Professor Paul Donnelly, said:
鈥淥n behalf of the Fulbright Commission Ireland Board, I am delighted to congratulate the 18 Fulbright Irish Awardees on their success. At a time of global change and uncertainty, the mission, values and legacy of the Fulbright Program of leadership, empathy, understanding, and collaboration endure, embodied by a new cohort of excellent Fulbright awardees embarking on academic and cultural exchanges in the United States. We take pride in their achievement and wish the awardees a rich and rewarding experience.鈥�
Speaking at the awards ceremony, Executive Director of the Fulbright Commission in Ireland, Dr Dara FitzGerald, said:
鈥淎s Executive Director of the Fulbright Commission in Ireland, it is gratifying to see a new cohort of thriving Fulbright Irish Awardees embark on Fulbright awards to the United States. Awardees join a growing global network of Fulbright alumni, friends and colleagues who have achieved accolades across all disciplines. While the Fulbright Program is synonymous with cutting edge research, innovation, teaching and academic excellence, it is equally known for its important role in strengthening international relations and fostering mutual understanding through cultural exchange. As Senator J. Fulbright said, 鈥楾he Fulbright Program aims to bring a little more knowledge, a little more reason, and a little more compassion into world affairs.鈥�
"I would like to highlight the ongoing and sterling support of our partners, the Irish Government鈥檚 Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Department of Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht, and the U.S. Department of State through the U.S. Embassy in Dublin.
"We are deeply grateful to our Irish award sponsors and partners: Research Ireland, the Health Research Board, the Environmental Protection Agency, Geological Survey Ireland, National 深夜亚洲福利久久 of Ireland, Teagasc, the Creative Ireland Programme, the Heritage Council and notable U.S. Institutions such as the Exploratorium, the Smithsonian, the Harry Ransom Center, Florida Polytechnic 深夜亚洲福利久久, the 深夜亚洲福利久久 of Southern California, the 深夜亚洲福利久久 of Notre Dame and the 深夜亚洲福利久久 of Pennsylvania Carey Law School; and Irish institutions such as 深夜亚洲福利久久 College Cork, Technological 深夜亚洲福利久久 of the Shannon, Technological 深夜亚洲福利久久 of Dublin, AMBER Research Centre, 深夜亚洲福利久久 College Dublin, Dublin City 深夜亚洲福利久久, RCSI 深夜亚洲福利久久 of Medicine and Health Sciences, 深夜亚洲福利久久 of Galway, Maynooth 深夜亚洲福利久久, 深夜亚洲福利久久 of Limerick and the Kemmy Business School, Atlantic Technological 深夜亚洲福利久久, and the Dublin Institute of Advanced Studies.鈥�