Ireland-SIDS Fellows Programme 2027/2028 for Researchers from Small Island Developing States (Fully Funded study in Ireland)

Application Deadline: July 26, 2026

Applications are actually open for the 2027/2028 Ireland-SIDS Fellows Programme. The goals of the programme are to nurture future leaders; to develop in-country capability to realize nationwide Sustainable Development Goals and to construct optimistic relationships with Ireland.

Eligible nations

To be eligible for an Ireland Fellows Programme – SIDS award commencing at the start of the educational 12 months 2027, candidates should be a nationwide of one of many eligible SIDS nations and resident in one of many eligible SIDS nations – they could be a nationwide of 1 nation and resident in one other, in the identical area, as set out right here:

Africa: Cabo Verde, Comoros, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritius, São Tomé and Príncipe, Seychelles.
Asia: Maldives, Timor-Leste.
Caribbean: Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, St Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago.

For Belize, please see the Latin America Fellowship web page.
Pacific: Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia (Federated States of), Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu.

Eligibility

To be eligible for an Ireland Fellows Programme – SIDS award commencing at the start of the educational 12 months 2027, candidates should additionally:

• Have a minimal three years’ substantial work expertise that’s immediately related to your proposed programme(s) of study.Hold a bachelor’s degree educational qualification from an accredited and government-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 immediately related work expertise). It should have been awarded in 2015 or later (i.e. inside the final 12 years).
• Not already maintain a qualification at grasp’s degree or greater. Not presently enterprise a programme at grasp’s degree or greater, or be as a consequence of begin a programme at grasp’s degree or greater in the educational 12 months 2026/27.
• Be making use of to begin a brand new programme at grasp’s degree in Ireland no earlier than August 2027.
• Be capable of show the next: management talents and aspirations; a dedication to the achievement of the SDGs inside your personal 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 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 12 months 2027/2028.

Benefits

Ireland Fellows Programme awards are absolutely funded. The award contains the fee of educational charges; visa application charges; medical and journey insurance coverage; financial system flights to and from Ireland; and the Irish residence allow payment. 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 pair of (usually September to May), and in trimester 3 a month-to-month lodging stipend of €800- €1000 relying on location in Ireland (topic to evaluate).
• In addition, the Ireland Fellows Programme options many extracurricular, coaching and volunteering Opportunities that will help you profit from your expertise in Ireland.

Applications

Please learn the Applicant Guidance Note fastidiously earlier than finishing as eligibility standards could differ from nation to nation. 

The application course of consists of three phases:

1. Preliminary Application
2. Detailed Application
3. Interviews.

English language necessities

Irish greater training establishments require a excessive customary of English language proficiency and this will likely be verified by English language testing. This is important for admission to all Irish HEIs, with no exceptions. English language assessments are additionally required for visa functions.

Application paperwork

Directory of Eligible Postgraduate Programmes

Ireland Fellows Programme Directory of Programmes 2027-2028

Stage 1 Guidance observe

Ireland Fellows Programme SIDS 2027-28 Stage 1 Guidance Note

Application kind

Download Ireland Fellows Programme SIDS 2027-28 Stage 1 Application Form Word format

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the Ireland-SIDS Fellows Programme