2025 Naughton Fellowship Awarded to UCC Physics Student

13 May 2025

Congratulations to Bryan Chan, a chemical physics student at University College Cork, awarded 2025 Naughton Fellowship Bryan will research the electrochemical sensing of drinking water at the University of Notre Dame.

The University of Notre Dame’s Naughton Fellowship program has announced 22 student awardees in its 2025-2026 cohort.

Funded by a gift from the Naughton Family in 2008, the Naughton Fellowships foster leadership through international partnerships and stimulate collaborative research efforts. Fellows from Ireland have the opportunity to study and conduct research at the University of Notre Dame, while awardees from Notre Dame complete their fellowships at one of Ireland’s leading research universities.

This year’s student awardees once again represent the best and brightest from Notre Dame and the Irish partner universities. Speaking about the student awardees, Brian Baker, the Coleman Professor of Life Sciences at Notre Dame and Chair of the Naughton Fellowship Committee said, “Every year we see some of the brightest minds apply for our summer undergraduate and masters programs - and this year is no different. With wide-ranging interests and backgrounds, I am confident that our students will have impactful research experiences that inform them as they move forward with their advanced studies and future careers. We remain grateful to the Naughton Family for their generous support of these enriching international research experiences.”

The awardees represent the University of Notre Dame, Dublin City University, Trinity College Dublin, University College Cork, University College Dublin, and the University of Galway.

Full lsit of awardees here.