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The grantees named this spring add to an impressive list of winners. With 168 total since 2001, UofL has had more student Fulbrights than all Kentucky public higher education institutions.

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The UofL Fulbright winners were awarded grants to teach English abroad in the Slovak Republic, Spain and Jordan and to do research in Germany and the Netherlands.

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The��, administered by the Department of State’s Bureau of ����ֱ��al and Cultural Affairs, is the U.S. government’s flagship international educational exchange program.

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“This year’s scholars have earned opportunities here and abroad that will change their lives and help them make a positive difference,” said Bethany Smith, director of UofL’s National & International Scholarships office. “I am so proud of these talented and hard-working young people, and of the way our campus community comes together to support, challenge and mentor these outstanding students.”

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The 2023 Fulbright awardees are:

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, UofL 2022 graduate, to the Slovak Republic. He is from Owensboro, Kentucky.

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, of Fort Thomas, Kentucky, and , of Covington, both UofL 2023 graduates, to Spain.��

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, UofL 2023 graduate, of Louisville, to Jordan, the country from which her family emigrated when she was in sixth grade.��

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, UofL 2023 graduate, to the Netherlands to pursue a master’s degree in conservation and restoration ecology at Radboud University/Nijmegen. Cicha, two-time captain of the Women’s D1 Rowing team, is from Cherry Hill, New Jersey.��

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, UofL 2023 graduate, to Germany to develop a novel blood pump for pediatric and adult patients with heart disease at the Rhine-Westphalia Technical University of Aachen. McLellan is from Lexington, Kentucky.

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UofL chemical engineering major����won two prestigious scholarships for juniors.��

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He was the 2023 Kentucky recipient of the��, the premier graduate scholarship for aspiring public service leaders in the United States. He was also one of��two UofL juniors to be awarded a Barry Goldwater Scholarship��to pursue a research career in natural science, mathematics or engineering. The other��

Goldwater Scholarship winner was School of Nursing student��Madeline Martinez.��

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Additionally, two UofL students were the first recipients of awards that debuted for 2023.

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Afi Tagnedji, a May 2023 graduate in biochemistry, was one of 25 students in the United States awarded the first��. The fellowship, which focuses on building a network of the next generation of scientists and technologists, was awarded to 100 students total from the United States, Japan, Australia and India. She was the only fellow from a Kentucky university.

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, a political science major, was��one of two��Kentucky college students to be named to the inaugural cohort of 100 students who won a����from the Obama Foundation and Brian Chesky, CEO of Airbnb.��

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More on these scholars and winners of other prestigious academic scholarships can be found at��.

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The fellowship, which focuses on building a network of the next generation of scientists and technologists, today announced its first cohort of 100 students from the United States, Japan, Australia and India. She is one of 25 who won in the U.S. and the only fellow from a Kentucky university.

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An initiative of the four countries, the fellowship is aimed at creating an international network of science and technology experts who will work together within and among their countries for the greater good.��, a philanthropic arm of former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and his wife, Wendy, administers the fellowship.

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The award is the latest in a series of prestigious academic scholarships and fellowships for Tagnedji, a native of Togo in west Africa. Already a recipient of UofL’s selective Martin Luther King and Woodford Porter scholarships for undergraduates, she won a Barry Goldwater Scholarship for college juniors this spring.

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The award will be used to support her pursuit of graduate studies in genetics and pharmacology.��

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“I have long been interested in pharmacogenetics, a field of research that studies how a person’s genes affect how they respond to medications, and hope to mitigate cancer health disparities with precision medicine and diagnostics,” she said. “I thank my friends, family and mentors for their continued support.”

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The undergraduate researcher is a student leader who has been active in UofL’s Student Government Association.

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Each Quad Fellow will receive a one-time award of�� $50,000 to use for tuition, research, fees, books, room and board, and related academic expenses. The fellowships also include exclusive programming opportunities and fellows are eligible for another $25,000 based on need.