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For Colleges

"The Irish Aid Fellowship has allowed young and very bright scholars to be able to achieve more and bring their knowledge back home... Without exception their contribution both to the diversity and the engagement of the programme has been tremendous. Many of these students come from areas where rights deprivation is a living (not academic) experience and what they can share (and what they can take away with them) from our course and with our study body has been tremdendous. There is no doubt that these fellows would have been financially unable to study with us had this scholarship not been available and we are all the richer for their presence in the programme."

- Dr Kathleen Cavanaugh, Course Director, LLM in International Criminal Law, NUI Galway

Fellowships and Irish Higher Education Institutions

Each year, universities, institutes of technology and private colleges across Ireland welcome fellows on Ireland's Fellowship Programme as part of their international student intake. Course directors have repeatedly emphasised the benefit for all students and teaching staff from the participation of fellows, bringing increased learning opportunities and exchange of ideas across cultures and contexts.

Further information is provided in this section for academic staff interested in learning more about Ireland's Fellowship Programme, including how their courses can become eligible for fellowships.

The annual application cycle for most fellowships begins in September of each year looking toward entry for the following academic year. In the months leading up to each new application round, institutions are specifically invited to submit details of Masters courses which correspond to the priority areas for fellowships. Directories are then made available to applicants listing all courses approved by the Department of Foreign Affairs as eligible to receive fellowship awardees. 

The managing agency for the fellowship programme, the Irish Council for International Students (ICOS), will normally seek a collation of eligible courses through the international office of each institution. Course directors are also free to submit details to ICOS at an earlier time, having consulted the eligibility requirements listed.