Ireland Government Postgraduate Scholarships for International Students

Government of Ireland International Scholarships are awarded with the intent to provide support to suitably qualified Research Master’s and Doctoral candidates pursuing or intending to pursue full-time research in any discipline, based in an Irish HEI.

Eligibility Criteria/ Scholarship Guidelines

Applicants should be full-time students affiliated with an eligible HEI in Ireland. Applicants should have a first-class or upper second-class honors primary degree, or the equivalent. In the case that examination results are not known at the time of application, the Council could make a provisional offer of a Scholarship provided that the Scholar’s undergraduate degree result is a first-class, upper second-class honor, or the equivalent. Masters degree results may be considered to take priority over the results of the primary degree.

At the time of application, candidates must be a new entrant to the degree for which they are to receive Council funding and have been formally accepted by the relevant department/school by, at the latest, 1st October.

Value
The total value of the scholarship will be up to a maximum of €24,000 in any approved year and will consist of a maintenance award of €16,000 per annum, a contribution to fees, including non-EU scholarship fees, paid to the HEI up to a maximum of €5,750, and eligible direct research support expenses to enable the Scholar to carry out the research project.

Deadline
January 29