The John Murphy Postgraduate Research Fellowship in Civil Engineering

The John Murphy Postgraduate Research Fellowship in Civil Engineering was funded by J. Murphy & Sons Ltd. of London in 1977 to emphasize the value of research in the advancement of civil engineering practice and to enable professional engineers to engage in research. The fellowship is intended to foster research on engineering problems emerging in practice that are associated with the industrial development of Ireland and its natural resources. It is awarded to an early stage civil engineering postgraduate student (with at least a year remaining on their postgraduate studies) who demonstrates excellence through a peer review journal paper as first author. The fellowship is valued at €8,250 per annum and is tenable at University College Cork. The funding is available as an extra source to improve the research experience, intended to fund a stay in a prestigious external institution, attendance at a summer school, or time spent with a prestigious industry partner, which should lead to a peer reviewed output. Preference is given to candidates whose research projects most closely accord with solving engineering problems of major significance to the practice of civil engineering in Ireland.