DCU Student Ciara O’Reilly wins Intel Women in Technology Scholarship

This year a total of 13 new Women in Technology scholars were selected and presented with their awards at a virtual ceremony hosted by Intel. The scholarships were awarded by various business groups across Intel including Movidius, Manufacturing & Product Engineering, Corporate Service, Intel Shannon and the Fab Construction Enterprise Team. 

Intel in Ireland initiated the Women in Technology Scholarship programme 17 years ago, reflecting the company’s long-standing commitment to advancing diversity and inclusion both internally and within the broader industry.

The Women in Technology Scholarship was established to encourage a new generation of high-achieving women to follow careers in science and technology and to empower them to do so by providing them with educational opportunities. 

The programme offers a monetary grant of €3000 per annum and the opportunity for a summer work placement at Intel’s Leixlip and Shannon campus. The winners of the scholarship are also assigned an Intel employee as a mentor to assist and advise on their academic endeavours.

Assoc. Prof. Jennifer Bruton, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at DCU, said: 

The Intel Women in Technology Scholarships recognise the incredible talent of engineering students across Ireland. These awards encourage a new generation of schoolgirls and young women to think more expansively about their own capabilities and to make a career in the dynamic STEM sector seem possible.

 

As well as the financial award, this scholarship includes a work placement and mentoring, which is valuable in nurturing the talent of young students and in helping them to achieve their full potential. Across DCU, mentorship has proven to be transformative for our students. In partnership with great organisations like Intel, our students get the chance to engage with industry professionals. Intel, as a valued partner to DCU, continues to help students build vital networks in their chosen sector and gives them, through mentorship, a champion who can support and advise them as they set out on their career path.

 

Former Intel Women in Technology Scholars have gone on to become role models to other young women considering Engineering as a career. I would like to congratulate this cohort of scholars, particularly DCU Mechatronics student Ciara O’Reilly, and wish them the best of luck with their future careers.