The award will pay course fees for two successful applicants to complete the one-year full-time Masters in Mediation and Conflict Intervention delivered in the Edward M Kennedy Institute for Conflict Intervention during the academic year 2016-17.

The scholarships are open to applicants holding an undergraduate degree in law (a minimum 2.1 grade, honours (level 8)).

A key element of the programme is the thesis, which will be co-supervised by the Department of Law, and two areas of particular interest are:

The closing date to receive applications is 27 May 2016.

Further information about the scholarships, including the application process, is available on the Maynooth University website.