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Fulbright New Zealand announced the winners of over sixty Fulbright awards for 2007 at its annual Award Presentation Ceremony held at the Beehive last night. For the second consecutive year, Fulbright will send its largest ever cohort of New Zealand students to study and research in the US - this year 24 New Zealand graduate awards were presented including the prestigious new International Fulbright Science and Technology Award, valued at over NZ$250,000, to Irene Ballagh from the University of Otago.
Fulbright New Zealand graduate awards presented last night will fund study and research in fields as diverse as earthquake engineering, dairy production, financial risk management, child oncology, energy law, indigenous rights and graphic design. Also recognised at the event were ten American Fulbright graduate students who have been based at universities around the country since February, and some of the many participants in the Fulbright Scholar Programme for more advanced academics, artists and professionals. The Fulbright New Zealand programme will mark its 60th Anniversary next year, and has contributed greatly to the strengthening of bonds between its two partner countries over the past six decades. Rt Hon Winston Peters, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Honorary Chair of Fulbright New Zealand, commented in his speech at the awards ceremony that "[The Fulbright programme] is part of our common history and holds great promise for the future. Any relationship between two countries is only as strong as the bonds between those people who underpin that relationship. In this regard, Fulbright is the best kind of programme, as it actively encourages New Zealanders and Americans to spend extended time learning and teaching in each other's societies." Tribute was paid to the generations of New Zealanders and Americans who have already participated in the Fulbright programme. As Dr Ruth Harley, Chairperson of Fulbright New Zealand's Board of Directors, noted: "The recent passing of such esteemed alumni as Professor Alan MacDiarmid, Dame Marie Clay and Dame Jean Herbison has served to remind us that the Fulbright programme has already touched a lifetime of participants. Those [grantees] receiving awards tonight join an impressive list of almost 2,500 New Zealanders and Americans who have enjoyed Fulbright exchanges to each other's countries since our programme began, and stand as testimony to the incredible range of talent we have in these two partner nations." Applications for next year's Fulbright New Zealand graduate awards close on 1 August 2007, and the various awards in the Fulbright Scholar Programme close at different dates throughout the year. ENDS
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