Fulbright NZ celebrates 84 new grantees and scholars

Fulbright New Zealand celebrates 84 new grantees and scholars

Fulbright New Zealand celebrates 84 new grantees of its prestigious awards this year, by honouring them tonight at a special ceremony in Wellington.

The Fulbright New Zealand programme promotes mutual understanding between New Zealand and the United States through educational and cultural exchange.

By giving grantees opportunities to study, research, teach or present their work in top institutions, the awards open doors for tomorrow’s leaders and thinkers.

Fulbright New Zealand Executive Director Penelope Borland says that in this globalised and rapidly changing world, the Fulbright New Zealand programme is especially relevant.

“New Zealand must ensure that its future leaders receive the best possible international education, as well as the broadest possible exposure to international thinking and trends. One of the aims of the Fulbright programme is to develop the thought leaders of tomorrow,” Ms Borland says.

“These grantees are now part of the Fulbright family of more than 3,000 esteemed alumni. As ‘Fulbrighters’ they join a global network of academic, professional and personal excellence.”

More than 8,000 people worldwide are participating in Fulbright exchanges this year, in more than 160 countries.

The 2015 Fulbright New Zealand Awards Ceremony and Alumni Reception at Parliament Buildings will be hosted by the Hon Chris Finlayson, US Ambassador Mark Gilbert and Fulbright New Zealand Chairperson Helen Anderson.

Among the 84 New Zealand and US grantees of Fulbright New Zealand awards this year are academics, artists and professionals who are the best and brightest in their fields.

The awards are:

• Two Fulbright-Platinum Triangle Awards in Business, for emerging New Zealand business leaders to complete a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree at a US institution and gain professional work experience in the US and New Zealand;

• 18 Fulbright Science and Innovation Graduate Awards for promising New Zealand graduate students to undertake postgraduate study or research at US institutions in fields targeted to support growth and innovation in New Zealand;

• One Fulbright-EQC Graduate Award in Natural Disaster Research for a promising New Zealand graduate students to undertake postgraduate study or research at a US institution in the field of natural disaster research;

• Fulbright-Ngā Pae o Te Māramatanga Graduate Award for a promising New Zealand graduate to undertake postgraduate study or research in the US in a field of indigenous development;

• Eight Fulbright New Zealand General Graduate Awards for promising New Zealand graduate students to undertake postgraduate study or research at US institutions in any field;

• Nine Fulbright US Graduate Awards for promising US graduate students to undertake postgraduate study or research at New Zealand institutions in any field;

• One Fulbright-ANZA US Graduate Award for a promising US graduate student in the field of environmental studies, public health, geology or engineering to undertake postgraduate study or research at a New Zealand institution related to earthquakes and their repercussions;

• Four Fulbright New Zealand Scholar Awards for New Zealand academics, artists or professionals to lecture and/or conduct research in the US;

• One Fulbright- Ngā Pae o Te Māramatanga Scholar Award for a New Zealand academic, artist or professional to conduct research and/or lecture in the US in a field of indigenous development;

• One Fulbright-Cognition Scholar Award in Education Research for a New Zealand educator or researcher to pursue research in the US designed to have an impact on New Zealand early childhood education or primary/secondary schooling and student achievement;

• Two Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching Programme for New Zealand Teachers, for highly accomplished New Zealand teachers in primary or secondary schooling ot participate in an intensive professional development progamme in the US;

• One Fulbright-Creative New Zealand Pacific Writer’s Residency for a New Zealand writer of Pacific heritage to carry out work on an approved creative writing project exploring Pacific identity, culture or history at the University of Hawai’I;

• One Fulbright-Wallace Arts Trust Award for an outstanding mid-career or senior New Zealand visual artist to undertake a ten week residency at Headlands Center for the Arts in Sausalito, California;

• Seven Fulbright New Zealand Travel Awards for New Zealand academics, artists or professionals to visit the US to present their work to American audiences;

• Three Fulbright- Ngā Pae o Te Māramatanga Travel Awards for New Zealand academics, artists or professionals to visit the US to present their work on a theme of indigenous development to American audiences;

• Two Fulbright-Meg Everton Professional Enhancement Awards in Education for New Zealand teachers, principals and educational researchers in early childhood, primary or secondary education to undertake a professional development activity in the US;

• Five Fulbright US Scholar Awards for US academics, artists or professionals to lecture and/or conduct research in New Zealand;

• Eight Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching Programme for US Teachers for highly accomplished US teachers in primary or secondary schooling to participate in an intensive professional development programme at Victoria University;

• Eight Fulbright Specialist Awards for New Zealand academic institutions to host US academics, artists or professionals;

• Two Ian Axford (New Zealand) Fellowships in Public Policy for outstanding mid-career US professionals to research and gain first-hand experience of public policy in New Zealand.

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