FOUR UL researchers have been awarded the prestigious fellowships by the European Commission.
The fellowships were awarded to Dr Jenna Lorusso, Dr Síobhan Griffin, Dr Joseph Mooney and Dr Aisling Ross.
Three of the fellows will be affiliated to the Faculty of Education and Health Sciences and one at the Faculty of Science and Engineering.
The fellowships will fund the researchers to work for two years abroad and a third year back at UL. The final fellowship will fund a researcher for two years based at UL.
The total award comes to €280,000 each. The researchers will work at MIT, Baylor University, USA and the University of Melbourne, Australia.
Global success for University of Limerick researchers awarded Marie Curie fellowships
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“The University has a strategic focus on supporting early career researchers to enhance their research excellence through forging international links with leading universities.
The Marie Curie Fellowship is a beacon of excellence and enhances UL’s long-standing international collaborations with leading research groups around the world.
By working with teams at MIT, Baylor University in the US and University of Melbourne, Australia, these talented researchers will be addressing grand challenges and building partnerships for the future;” said Professor Norelee Kennedy, Vice President Research at UL.
The Marie Curie Fellowship has been very successful for UL, with 88 Marie Curie Fellows funded at the University since 2014.
The European Commission received more than 8,356 proposals in the latest round of applications and across Europe around 14% of the applications were successful. UL’s success rate is 24%.
