The De Chastelain Scholarship Programme

James Lawless TD, Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, has officially launched the De Chastelain Scholarship Programme, at an event that was graciously hosted by H.E. Dennis King, Ambassador of Canada to Ireland.

Jointly funded by the Governments of Ireland and Canada, the programme honours General John de Chastelain.

It will make more than 50 scholarship awards over the next three years, shared equally between Irish and Canadian participants – spanning early-career researchers to senior academics.

The scholarships, which are administered by Ireland Canada University Foundation, will enable researchers from Ireland to spend 3-6 weeks at a Canadian university, and Canadian researchers to spend the same period at a university on the island of Ireland.

The Foundation welcomes proposals from all academic disciplines: projects may focus on the dynamics of conflict and reconciliation or address the wider conditions that enable societies to live in peace.

Together, they form two broad connected themes:

• Pathways to Peace – the processes of negotiation, mediation, reconciliation and conflict resolution that build and secure peace, and
• Grounds for Hope – the contexts and practices that help peace settle, grow, and become durable, including governance, law, economics, health, environment, culture, and identity.

Apply here.