Mayo students receive scholarships at University of Limerick

Castlebar students Emer Gibbons and Sinead Coll were among the students from University of Limerick to receive scholarships at a ceremony held at Johnson & Johnson’s Limerick campus.

The ceremony was part of Johnson & Johnson’s Women in STEM2D (WiSTEM2D) Undergraduate Award Programme in partnership with Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software, headquartered at the University of Limerick, marking the seventh year since the awards inception.

The award recognises outstanding female students in STEM2D disciplines: Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, Manufacturing and Design.

Each recipient will receive a student award, industry mentoring and leadership training, along with the opportunity to attend career workshops, visit Johnson & Johnson sites and participate in WiSTEM2D events designed to support them with pursuing future STEM careers.

The Johnson & Johnson WiSTEM2D programme fuels the development of the female STEM2D talent pipeline by awarding and sponsoring girls and women at critical points in their educational experience and their careers, in STEM disciplines.

The Undergraduate programme was first introduced at University of Limerick in 2016. Since then, it has expanded to include University College Cork in 2018, and University of Galway in 2021, and Munster Technological University in 2022, supporting more than 400 female students over the last 6 years.

The University of Limerick students selected to receive the scholarships are:

•Amy Switzer; Industrial Biochemistry; Naas, Kildare

•Aoife Rigney; Pharmaceutical and Industrial Chemistry; Portlaoise, Laois

•Aoife Walsh; Biomedical Science; Clonmel, Tipperary

•Ashling O'Neill; Food Science and Health; Killarney, Kerry

•Cora Brennan; Biomedical Engineering; Nenagh, Tipperary

•Emer Gibbons; Industrial Biochemistry; Castlebar.

•Eva McMahon; Industrial Biochemistry; Ardnacrusha, Clare.

•Grace Joyce; Biomedical Engineering; Salthill, Galway.

•Jennifer Cazabon; Bachelor of Materials and Architectural Technology; Moycullen, Galway.

•Niamh Doran; Bachelor of Materials and Architectural Technology; Newbridge, Kildare.

•Niamh McMahon; Electronic and Computer Engineering; Kilfenora, Clare.

•Nikola Stevankova; Applied Physics; Ballysimon Road, Limerick.

•Phoebe Makim; Industrial Biochemistry; Portlaoise, Laois.

•Sinead Coll; Mechanical Engineering; Castlebar.

•Victoria De Brun; Bachelor of Materials and Engineering Technology; Blessington, Wicklow

•Zuzanna Reczuch; Construction Management and Engineering; Castleconnell, Limerick

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