(AGENPARL) - Roma, 26 Settembre 2023 - (AGENPARL) – mar 26 settembre 2023 ** ANNOUNCEMENT
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** The First Grímsson Fellows
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** 251 applications from around 60 countries
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** The Fellowship was created by the new Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson Centre and launched in November 2022 at a conference in Ísafjörður; opened by the Prime Minister of Iceland, Katrín Jakobsdóttir
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** In cooperation with Arctic Circle, University Center of the Westfjords, University of Iceland, University of Akureyri, Reykjavík University and the biotechnology company Kerecis
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THE FIRST GRÍMSSON FELLOWS
AUTUMN 2023 – SUMMER 2025
** Seira Duncan, UK
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** Dina Brode-Roger, USA/France
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** Allison Chandler, Canada
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** Nishtha Tewari, India
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** Gabriel N.Gee, France
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** Elisa and Benjamin Hofmann, Switzerland
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** Luke Earl Holman, UK
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** Anna J. Davis, USA
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** Patrick Maher, Canada
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** Applications for the period fall/winter 2025 to 2026
open early next year
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** The fellows are invited to stay for 2-6 weeks in the House of Grímur, where President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson was born and his family lived. The house is in the historic town of Ísafjörður, the capital of the beautiful Westfjords region in Iceland
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** Each Fellow will deliver a lecture or take part in dialogue sessions at the University Centre of the Westfjords, or in one of the three Universities
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** The selection committee:
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** Matthildur María Rafnsdóttir, Arctic Circle;
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** Dr. Peter Weiss, University Center of Westfjords and
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** Dr. Guðbjörg Ásta Ólafsdóttir on behalf of the University of Iceland, the University of Reykjavík and the University of Akureyri
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