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
Organization / Institution Name
Ireland Government
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