Some of the Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship Programme awardees include:
- Rose Ugoalah (Technological University Dublin), will explore the role of screenwriters, directors, and producers from underrepresented groups in shaping social narratives in Irish film and television from 1990 to 2025.
- Ella Shanley (Trinity College Dublin), will use advanced 3D imaging to reveal how the structure of battery electrodes affects charging speed, supporting the design of faster charging, high-performance electric vehicle batteries.
- Sacha Wood (University of Galway) will analyse how humour can be used to challenge old, fixed ideas about Irish language and [Northern] Irish identity through the lens of the Irish language film ‘KNEECAP’.
- Anthony Mullen (University of Limerick) will develop safer, more energy-efficient micro-LEDs by replacing toxic cadmium-based nanocrystals with non-toxic, brighter alternatives.
- Triona Kenny (Maynooth University) will examine how victims of a crime in Ireland can be harmed again through their dealings with the justice system, and will develop ways to make these processes more supportive and less traumatic.
- Eavan Pakenham (RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences) will create a dual-action bone-like material enriched with bioactive elements to both kill prostate cancer cells and support healthy bone regrowth.
- Sylwia O’Rourke (South East Technological University) will explore how digital technologies are used in early childhood education, and how these digital interactions shape young children’s learning and social development.
- Mohamed Elkhashab (University College Cork) will develop a new microneedle system to deliver skin-cancer drugs directly into the skin, offering a safer, less invasive alternative to surgery and systemic medications for basal cell carcinoma.