Current Fulbrighters
This list showcases Fulbright Iceland grantees for the current fiscal year. Below you will find some basic information about them and their projects. Please note that additional names may be added as the year progresses.
This list showcases Fulbright Iceland grantees for the current fiscal year. Below you will find some basic information about them and their projects. Please note that additional names may be added as the year progresses.
PhD research: "Meals, Microbiota & Mental Health of Children & Adolescents"
Host: Harvard University / Massachusetts General Hospital
Home Institution: University of Iceland
PhD research: "Help-Seeking for Trauma Recovery: Sociocultural Barriers among Gender-Based Violence Survivors in Iceland"
Host: University of Michigan
Home Institution: University of Akureyri
PhD research: "Elucidation of molecular pathways, genes and drugs that mediate cold responses in mammalian cells"
Host: Johns Hopkins University
Home Institution: University of Iceland
Project: Photography. Bodies in the Sublime, Photographing Hot Springs in Iceland
Host: Iceland University of the Arts
Home Institution: Yale University
Project: MS in Sustainable Energy Sciences. Geothermal Systems for Rural Communities
Host: University of Reykjavík
Home Institution: University of Montana
Project: B.A. program in Icelandic; In Translation: Mapping Contemporary Icelandic Poetry
Host: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies
Home Institution: SUNY College at Geneseo.
Project: Ecology, PhD research. Defying the cold: Life history and biodiversity of winter emerging chironomids in Iceland
Host: University of Iceland
Home Institution: University of Minnesota
Project: Public Health, teaching/research. Exploring modes and foci of maternal and infant health interventions: Lessons learned from the Icelandic Health System using the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Evaluation Framework and Beattie’s Typology Promotion Model
Host: University of Iceland
Home Institution: Indiana University Bloomington
Project: Geology. Planetary Analog Research in Iceland: Investigations of the 1783-1784 Laki and 2014-2015 Holuhraun Lava Flow-Fields
Host: University of Iceland, Institute of Earth Sciences
Home Institution: University of Arizona
Project: Political Science. Iceland's Second Chairmanship of the Arctic Council (2019-2021): A Study in Small States Leadership
Host: University of Iceland, Institute of International Affairs, Centre for Arctic Studies
Home Institution: Florida International University
Project: Geology. Putting Down Roots: Afforestation and Channel Stability of Icelandic Rivers
Host: University of Iceland, Institute of Earth Sciences
Home Institution: Colorado State University- Fort Collins
Project: Biology. Investigation of Soil Biota for Improved Forest Establishment
Host: Icelandic Forest Research
Home Institution: Castleton University
Project: Environmental Sciences: Wild but Home: An Environmental History of Árneshreppur, in Iceland's Westfjords
Host: University Centre of the Westfjords
Home Institution: Sonoma State University
Project: Geology: Controls on catastrophic bedrock landslide occurrence in northern Iceland
Host institution: Icelandic Institute of Natural History
Home institution: Portland State University
Project: Marine Biology, Fisheries. The Recovery of a Fishery Collapse: An Analysis of Reproduction and Recruitment in a Once Thriving Iceland Scallop Population
Host institution: Marine and Freshwater Research Institute
Home institution: University of Maine
Project: Biology. Conservation and assisted reproduction using Atlantic Puffin germline stem cells
Host institution: Southern Iceland Nature Research Centre
Home institution: University of Southern California
Project: Computer Science, teaching/research. A Cybersecurity Clinic for Critical Infrastructure
Host: University of Iceland, Department of Computer Science
Home Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Project: Political Science. Women Presidents and Prime Ministers: A Virtuous Circle of Women´s Leadership?
Host institution: University of Iceland, Faculty of Political Science
Home institution: Oklahoma State University