Ireland Fellows Programme Courtney Fellowship 2026-2027 for Burundi (Fully-funded) – YOA

Deadline: July 25, 2025

Applications are open for the Ireland Fellows Programme Courtney Fellowship 2026-2027. The Courtney Fellowship was arrange in 2004 to commemorate the late Archbishop Michael Courtney, the Irish-born Papal Nuncio to Burundi, who was murdered in 2003. Each yr it offers sponsorship for a scholar from Burundi to study in Ireland for the MPhil in International Peace Studies at Trinity College Dublin.

The Ireland Fellows Programme is totally funded by the Irish Government and is obtainable below the auspices of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). The Programme aligns with the Irish Government’s commitments below 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 within 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 nations. Programme implementation in Ireland is supported by the Irish Council for International Students (ICOS).

Award

• The award covers programme charges, flights, lodging and dwelling prices. Eligible grasp’s degree programmes in Ireland begin in August or September every year and, relying on the programme, will run for between 10 and 16 months. 

Eligibility

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

• Be a resident nationwide of Burundi. 
• Have a minimal of three years’ substantial work expertise that’s immediately related to your proposed programme(s) of study. 
• Hold a bachelor’s degree tutorial qualification from an accredited and authorities-recognised increased training establishment, with a minimal grade level common of three.0 (4.0 scale) – i.e. a firstclass honour, or second class honour, Grade 1 (a second class honour Grade 2 could also be accepted if the applicant has substantial immediately related work expertise). It will need to have been awarded in 2014 or later (i.e. throughout the final 12 years). 
• Not already maintain a qualification at grasp’s degree or increased. Not at present enterprise a programme at grasp’s degree or increased, or be on account of begin a programme at grasp’s degree or increased within the tutorial yr 2025/26. 
• Be making use of to begin a brand new programme at grasp’s degree in Ireland no before August 2026.  
• Be in a position to show the next: management skills and aspirations; a dedication to the achievement of the SDGs inside your personal nation; and a dedication to contribute to constructing constructive relationships with Ireland. 
• 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 ready to take up the Fellowship within the tutorial yr 2026/27.

Application

The application course of consists of three phases:

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

For extra data, go to Courtney Fellowship.