IRELAND: Kader Asmal Fellowship Programme 2025/26


The Embassy of Ireland in South Africa is offering fully-funded scholarship opportunities to South African students to study at Master’s level in Ireland’s world-renowned Higher Education Institutions.

The Kader Asmal Fellowship Programme is targeting early career professionals in South Africa, with leadership potential. The scholarship broadly supports leadership for the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, which includes support for the development of women’s leadership capacity and women’s participation in STEM as key priorities.

In addition, the Kader Asmal Fellowship Programme aims to support students from Historically Disadvantaged Institutions and Universities of Technology, who would not otherwise have had the opportunity to pursue Master’s level education in Ireland. These students are encouraged to apply.

For more information on the Kader Asmal Fellowship Programme, please visit the Canon Collins Trust website.

Degree level

Master's

Deadline

28 July 2024

Who can apply?

Please read the application guidelines carefully before applying.

Fields of Study

The fellowship programme has two strands:

  1. 12 Annual Awards for Postgraduate Study in the following areas:

Please refer to the Directory of Programmes for more information about the eligible course.

  1. Two annual awards will be made for a fellowship in Human Rights Law at Trinity College Dublin

Please refer to the Directory of Programmes for more information about the eligible course.

What the fellowship offers

Please note: The Fellowship covers the recipient only. Financial support or visas for spouses or dependents are not included within the scope of the programme. 

Application process

The application process consists of three stages:

Opens 1 July 2024, closes 28 July 2024

Stage 1 application form is a short application form which allows the selection panel to assess your eligibility under the various criteria of the Programme.  You can access the Stage 1 application form at Kader Asmal Fellowship Programme — Canon Collins Trust.

You will be contacted by Canon Collins Trust once final decisions have been made and informed whether you have been successful or unsuccessful at Stage 1. Please do not otherwise contact the Irish Embassy during this period.

Opens in September 2024

If your Stage 1 application is successful, you will be invited to move on to Stage 2 of the process, and complete a more detailed application form including the submission of all required documents. 

Stage 1 Application - Applications should be submitted online via the Kader Asmal Fellowship Programme - Canon Collins Trust application link.

Contact

Please direct scholarships enquiries to scholarships@canoncollins.org and general enquiries to info@canoncollins.org.   

Documents and links

Kader Asmal Fellowship website

Directory of Eligible Postgraduate Programmes in Irish Higher Education Institutions

Application Guidelines

Application link

Studying in Ireland

Education in Ireland Blog

Note

Please note that this opportunity is not offered by the Department of Higher Education and Training. Applicants are required to undertake their own research into programmes and institutions and are responsible for ensuring that the qualifications will be recognised in South Africa by contacting the South African Qualifications Authority and the relevant professional bodies. If there are any discrepancies in the details provided, the information given by the sponsor supersedes the details provided above. No additional financial support will be provided by the Department of Higher Education and Training.