De Chastelain Scholarship

Funding is available for short research trips to Canada or Ireland for postdoctoral researchers permanently resident in the other country to further projects in any academic discipline that seek to further peace and reconciliation.

The Ireland Canada University Foundation (ICUF) was established in 1993 to nurture the friendship and links between Canada and Ireland through scholarly exchange.

The De Chastelain Scholarships were launched in 2025 to strengthen research links and academic exchange between Canada and the island of Ireland. These scholarships 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.

Proposals are welcome from all academic disciplines, but should align with one or both of programme’s themes:

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