Edward Nell, a faculty member in the Economics Department at The New School for Social Research has been awarded a Fullbright in Ireland. He will be based in the Economics Department of the University of Limerick and will be researching the work of Isaac Newton.

The Fulbright Program awards approximately 6,000 new grants annually and operates in over 150 countries worldwide. The Fulbright Program was established in Ireland in 1957 to provide scholarships to Irish citizens to lecture, research, or study in the United States and for U.S. citizens to lecture, research or study in Ireland.  To date, 1,572 Irish postgraduate students, academics, and professionals have studied in top U.S. colleges and research institutes. Over that same period 591 U.S. students and scholars have come to Ireland.