Fulbright Program founder Senator J. William Fulbright said of the Program “Of all the joint ventures in which we might engage, the most productive, in my view, is educational exchange. I have always had great difficulty in trying to find the words that would persuasively explain that educational exchange is not merely one of those nice but marginal activities in which we engage in international affairs, but rather, from the standpoint of future world peace and order, probably the most important and potentially rewarding of our foreign-policy activities.”
Professor John Hegarty, Chair of the Board of the Fulbright Commission in Ireland said: “On this 60th anniversary of the Fulbright Program in Ireland, it is great to see the quality of students and scholars that it still attracts. Their opportunity is huge but so is their responsibility to continue Senator Fulbright’s all too relevant vision of advancing cross- cultural understanding. I know they are fully up to the challenge.”
The next round of applications for the Fulbright Irish Awards will open on Thursday, August 31st, 2017 with opportunities in all disciplines, including the new Fulbright-Creative Ireland Fellowship for Museum professionals. Interested applicants should visit www.fulbright.ie, for more information.
SOURCE: Trinity College Dublin