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North-South Postgraduate Scholarships scheme 2009

We would like to draw your attention to the 2009 North-South Postgraduate Scholarships scheme, run by Universities Ireland in collaboration with the IBEC-CBI Joint Business Council.

These scholarships are worth €15,000 (approx. Stg£14,000) each. They are open to students undertaking a recognised Master’s or the first year of a PhD programme in the other Irish jurisdiction. Two of them will be in areas of study of particular relevance to business and industry (co-sponsored by Dublin Port and RPS Group) and one will be in another area (particularly arts and social sciences) and will be funded by Universities Ireland alone. The closing date for applications is Friday 15th May 2009, and the scholarships must be taken up for the academic year 2009-2010.

This scheme is open to all students currently registered at an Irish or a Northern Irish university or Dublin Institute of Technology (or who have graduated within the past five years), and to Irish and Northern Irish students currently registered at a university in England, Scotland and Wales (or who have graduated in the past five years).

The aim of the scheme is to encourage outstanding students from the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland to cross the border to undertake postgraduate study and experience life in the other jurisdiction. It has been conceived both to support the continuing reconciliation process in Northern Ireland and to train highly skilled postgraduates to contribute to a new phase of economic and social development for the island as a whole.

Guidance Notes for 2009 Applicants document can be dowloaded here.

Further information can be obtained from Patricia McAllister, Universities Ireland, Centre for Cross Border Studies, 39 Abbey Street, Armagh BT61 7EB. Tel: 028 3751 1550 [048 from Republic of Ireland]. Email: p.mcallister@qub.ac.uk

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