UCD Iseult Honohan Doctoral Scholarship 2027 (Fully-funded) – YOA

Deadline: January 15, 2027

Applications are open for the UCD Iseult Honohan Doctoral Scholarship 2027. The scholarship is called after Dr Iseult Honohan, one of many first feminine PhD graduates from the (then) Department of Ethics and Politics. She retired from educating in 2015 after over 25 years of service to UCD as one of many main lecturers in normative political idea.

The intention of the scholarship is to draw candidates of the very best tutorial calibre to pursue a PhD within the UCD School of Politics and International Relations, and to offer them with the coaching, expertise and mentorship essential to their skilled growth. They welcome purposes from all areas of the self-discipline together with political science, political idea, worldwide relations, European governance, computational social science, growth and worldwide political financial system.

The UCD School of Politics and International Relations (SPIRe) is the oldest and largest faculty of its type within the Republic of Ireland. According to the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2026, UCD School of Politics and International Relations is ranked within the high 100 on the earth.

Scholarship

This scholarship:

• Covers full charges (EU and Non-EU)
• Provides a residing stipend of €25,000 per yr for as much as 4 years

Eligibility

• Applications are open to EU and non-EU candidates fascinated by both of the next programmes:
  • PhD Politics and International Relations
  • PhD Quantitative and Computational Social Science (if supervisor is predicated in SPIRe)
• Continuing college students, college students in search of a non-September begin, college students with a supervisor outdoors of SPIRe or college students transferring solely part of their PhD research to UCD will not be eligible for the scholarship.
• Applicants should have a minimal grade of two.1 (GPA: 3.6) in a related Master’s diploma.
• Applicants who haven’t but accomplished a Master’s diploma are eligible to apply however the award can be conditional upon a ultimate minimal grade of two.1. For candidates not at present holding an MA diploma, the standard of the analysis proposal is especially necessary.

Application

You don’t have to determine a possible supervisor upfront of your application. All colleagues may have an opportunity to precise their curiosity in candidates, after the preliminary eligibility check has been accomplished.

The following paperwork can be required as part of the application type submission.

Incomplete purposes is not going to be thought-about. Do not embody any unrequested paperwork akin to passport pages, start certs, and so forth.

• Cover letter, stating causes for curiosity within the SPIRe PhD programme.  
• Thesis proposal (1,500-2,000 phrases most, excluding bibliography) which ought to embody the next:
  • provisional thesis title
  • an announcement of the analysis query
  • a short literature overview that factors to analysis gaps the PhD mission may deal with
  • an overview of theoretical approaches thought-about
  • a short dialogue of the proposed methodology
• Copies of Academic Transcripts   (Undergraduate and Postgraduate)
• C.V. or Resumé   (2 pages most)
• Evidence of English language competence
  • Non-native English talking candidates should present a certificates from one of many analyzing our bodies listed on this page.
  • The certificates must be not more than 2 years outdated and should meet the minimal necessities as famous on the above webpage.
  • Certificates from analyzing our bodies not on this checklist or that don’t meet the UCD minimal necessities is not going to be thought-about.
  • If you’re a non-native speaker however have obtained a level from a college in a local English-speaking nation, you might be exempt from having to offer an English certificates. 
  • If you’re a non-native speaker however your undergraduate or masters diploma has been carried out completely by way of English in a non-native English talking nation you might be exempt from having to offer an English certificates however you could present official verification from the college.
• Two tutorial referees: You are required to incorporate the contact particulars of two tutorial referees, who’ve agreed to offer a reference, on the google type. If your application is profitable, they are going to be contacting your referees to acquire references. 
  Note that they might want your referees to offer a reference inside every week [on short notice]if contacted throughout the month of February.

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For extra info, go to UCD Iseult Honohan Doctoral Scholarship.