This is a great opportunity for Nigerian students seeking to go for a fully-funded master’s fellowship in any university of choice in Ireland. Apply for the Irish Aid Roger Casement Fellowship Program.
This fellowship is in honor of a man who spent his early career life in the Calabar region of Nigeria.
Once you apply twice to this Irish fellowship for Nigerian students twice, you will not be eligible to apply anymore. So, it is better to get it right the first time by reading all the information you need from this article.
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About Roger Casement Fellowship Programme
A human rights activist Roger Casement spent some of his early work life in Calabar, Nigeria. He was an early advocate for human rights while in Nigeria, and, famously, during his later work in the Congo, the Amazon, and in Ireland.
The Roger Casement fellowship is to honor the memory of the Irish human rights activist Roger Casement.
With his humanitarian legacy in mind, the Government of Ireland been decided to support one Nigerian student to study a master’s degree in human rights in Ireland.
The purpose of the Roger Casement Fellowship Programme is to provide talented candidates with the opportunity to pursue advanced education and professional development in Ireland in order to contribute to the future development of Nigeria.
Level/Field of Study
Basically, the Irish Aid Roger Casement Fellowship is for masters. Students who have completed their undergraduate studies can apply for this fellowship below the deadline.
In addition, the Roger Casement fellowship is only for courses such as Law, Human Rights, and Governance.
This means that you have to study any of these courses aforementioned in your undergraduate program or be ready to swap to them after studying a related course.
Host Nationality
The Government of Ireland gives this scholarship. And you can only study in a higher institution in Ireland.
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Eligible Nationality
This Roger casement fellowship is only for Nigerians. This fellowship program is a fellowship for honoring the Irish human rights activist who lived in Nigeria. That is why it is only eligible for Nigerians.
Scholarship Worth
The Ireland Fellows Programme is fully funded by the Irish Government and is offered under the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA).
The benefit of this Irish Aid Roger Casement Fellowship program is full financial support for one-year full-time post-graduate education to study Human Rights in Ireland. This is for candidates from Nigeria to undertake a one-year master’s program.
Scholarship Eligibility
To be eligible for the Irish fellowship for Nigerian students, the Nigerian student must have acquired all the academic requirements to study for a master’s program at a university in Ireland.
In the same vein, there are some very essential requirements you need to have before applying for this scholarship. Read below;
Candidates must:
If you have any of these, your application won’t be considered:
How to Apply
The application process is in three stages.
Preliminary Application: Stage 1
Detailed Application: Stage 2
Interviews: Stage 3
Stage 1:
At this stage, you will fill out the application form. The Embassy will review your application and contact you once the decisions have been made.
Basically, all they do is to review if you have met all the criteria we have written above.
The application form will be accepted by email only if you type it before sending it.
Applications should be submitted by email to the Embassy of Ireland, Nigeria, at the following email address: [email protected]
Stage 2:
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You will submit these documents for the Irish aid roger casement fellowship program;
Stage 3:
If you pass the interview stage, the applicant will be required to take IELTS (English language proficiency test). But, if you have written one either in 2019 or later, there is no need to rewrite it.
Application Deadline
Applications for the academic year 2021/22 are now closed. Applications for the academic year 2022/23 will open in Autumn 2021.
Scholarship Link
To apply for this scholarship, visit the scholarship link below.
FAQS for Irish Aid Roger Casement Fellowship Program
This is only for Nigerian students
A master’s degree in Human rights in a university in Ireland.
Applications for the academic year 2021/22 are now closed. Applications for the academic year 2022/23 will open in Autumn 2021.
Conclusion
Before applying for the Roger Casement fellowship, you have to pass all the criteria. Don’t apply if you have not met all because your application will not be processed.
So, as an undergraduate, consider studying your undergraduate programs in areas like law, human rights, and governance so that your master’s degree will be under a scholarship.
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