Ireland Fellows Programme Casement Fellowship in Human Rights 2026-2027 for Nigerians (Fully-funded) – YOA

Deadline: July 25, 2025

Applications are open for the Ireland Fellows Programme Casement Fellowship in Human Rights 2026-2027. The Roger Casement Fellowship in Human Rights was established to honour the reminiscence of the Irish human rights activist Roger Casement, who spent a few of his early working life in Calabar, Nigeria. He was an early advocate for human rights whereas in Nigeria and through his later work in Congo, the Amazon and in Ireland. With his humanitarian legacy in thoughts, the Roger Casement Fellowship helps candidates from Nigeria to undertake a grasp’s stage course of study in Human Rights in Ireland annually.

The Ireland Fellows Programme is totally funded by the Irish Government and is obtainable beneath the auspices of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). The Programme aligns with the Irish Government’s commitments beneath Global Ireland and the nationwide implementation plan for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), The Global Island: Ireland’s Foreign Policy for a Changing World, A Better World: Ireland’s Policy for International Development, and Global Citizens 2030 Ireland’s International Talent and Innovation Strategy, in addition to Global Ireland: Ireland’s Strategy for Africa to 2025; Global Ireland: Delivering in the Asia Pacific Region; Ireland’s Strategy for Partnership with Small Island Developing States; and Global Ireland: Ireland’s Strategy for Latin America and the Caribbean to 2025. The programme is managed by the related Embassy accountable for eligible international locations. Programme implementation in Ireland is supported by the Irish Council for International Students (ICOS).

Benefits

Ireland Fellows Programme awards are totally funded. The award consists of the cost of educational charges; visa application charges; medical and journey insurance coverage; economic system flights to and from Ireland; and the Irish residence allow charge. Allowances embrace the next:

• A settling-in allowance in the direction of objects wanted on arrival in Ireland;
• A completion and departure allowance on the finish of the study interval;
• A month-to-month residing stipend of €700 (topic to evaluate);
• Student lodging organized and paid for trimesters 1 and a couple of (usually September to May), and in trimester 3 a month-to-month lodging stipend of €800 to €1000 relying on location in Ireland (topic to evaluate).

Eligibility

To be eligible for an Ireland Fellows Programme – Casement Fellowship award commencing at first of the educational yr 2026, candidates should:

• Be a resident nationwide of Nigeria. 
• Have a minimal of two years’ substantial work expertise that’s straight related to your proposed programme(s) of study.
• Hold a bachelor’s stage educational qualification from an accredited and authorities-recognised greater training establishment, with a minimal grade level common of three.0 (4.0 scale) – i.e. a first-class honour, or second class honour, Grade 1 (a second class honour Grade 2 could also be accepted if the applicant has substantial straight related work expertise). It will need to have been awarded in 2014 or later (i.e. inside the final 12 years). 
• Not already maintain a qualification at grasp’s stage or greater. Not at present enterprise a programme at grasp’s stage or greater, or be as a result of begin a programme at grasp’s stage or greater in the educational yr 2025/26. 
• Be making use of to begin a brand new programme at grasp’s stage in Ireland no prior to August 2026.  
• Be in a position to exhibit the next: management skills and aspirations; a dedication to the achievement of the SDGs inside your individual nation; and a dedication to contribute to constructing optimistic relationships with Ireland. 
• Have recognized and chosen three programmes related to your educational {and professional} background from the Casement Fellowship Directory of Eligible Programmes. 
• Have a transparent understanding of the educational and English language proficiencies required for all programmes chosen. 
• Must not have utilized to the Ireland Fellows Programme on multiple earlier event. 
• Be in a place to take up the Fellowship in the educational yr 2026/2027.

Application

The application course of consists of three levels:

• Stage 1: Preliminary Application;
• Stage 2: Detailed Application;
• Stage 3: Interviews.

For extra data, go to Casement Fellowship in Human Rights.