The Houses of the Oireachtas have recently launched the inaugural Oireachtas Parliamentary Fellowship as part of the anniversary celebrations to mark the 90th year since the meeting of Dáil Eireann.

The Oireachtas Parliamentary Fellowship is designed to advance the study of, and contribute to scholarship on the Houses of the Oireachtas. The Fellowship will be awarded on an annual basis to a student who has completed or are undertaking research in the area of Irish politics and history, Irish parliamentary affairs, parliamentary procedure and other subjects related to the Irish parliamentary tradition. The fellowship will culminate and conclude in 2019 to mark the centenary of the first Dáil.

Prospective Fellows will apply to undertake and complete the Fellowship for a period not exceeding 12 months commencing in autumn 2009.

Further information and application forms are available on http://www.oireachtas.ie/viewdoc.asp?DocID=12349