Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship Programme 2019

*Deadline: November 1, 2018*

The Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship Programme
is open for applications. The scholarship programme an established
national initiative, funded by the Department of Education and Skills
and managed by the Council. The Programme is unique in the Irish
research landscape and complements other channels for funded
postgraduate education in the Irish eco-system.

Among its features are:

  * individual, prestigious awards for excellent research in the name of
    the applicant;
  * an objective selection process using international, independent
    expert peer review;
  * funding across all disciplines, from archaeology to zoology;
  * with the exception of those funded by our strategic funding
    partners, awards for bottom-up, non-directed research.

The programme provides outstanding students with the opportunity to
direct their own research at the early-career stage, working with a
supervisor, in their chosen area of interest. Successful applicants who
become scholars under the programme are recognised as demonstrating
world-class potential as future research leaders and in the quality of
their ideas.
 
Scholarship Duration

  * Research master’s degree – 1 year
  * Structured research master’s degree – 2 years
  * Traditional doctoral degree – 3 years
  * Structured doctoral degree – 4 years

 Scholarship Value

  * a stipend of €16,000 per annum
  * a contribution to fees, including non-EU fees, up to a maximum of
    €5,750 per annum
  * eligible direct research expenses of €2,250 per annum



 Eligibility



All applicants:

  1 must have a first class or upper second-class honours bachelor’s, or
    the equivalent, degree2 . If undergraduate examination results are
    not known at the time of application, the Council may make a
    provisional offer of a scholarship on condition that the scholar’s
    bachelor’s, or the equivalent, degree result is a first class or
    upper second-class honours. If a scholar does not have a first class
    or upper second-class honours bachelor’s, or the equivalent, degree,
    they must possess a master’s degree. The Council’s determination of
    an applicant’s eligibility on these criteria is final;

 2 must not have had two previous unsuccessful applications to the
    programme, including strategic partner themes;
 
3 in the case of applications for a research master’s, must not
    currently hold, or have previously held, a Council scholarship;

 4 in the case of applications for a doctoral degree, must not
    currently hold, or have previously held, any Council scholarship
    other than that which would have enabled them to obtain a research
    master’s degree.

Categories
Applicants will fall under one of two categories based on nationality
and residency.

   For category one, applicants must meet BOTH of the following criteria:
     1. Be a national of a European Union member state OR Iceland Norway,
         Liechtenstein or Switzerland AND

     2.  Have been ordinarily resident3 in a European Union member state
          OR Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein or Switzerland for a continuous
           period of three of the five years preceding 1 October 2019.

     4.   All other applicants will fall under category two.

  Application
Potential applicants should read the 2019 Terms and Conditions carefully
to ascertain whether or not they are eligible to apply. Indicative
versions of the applicant, supervisor and referee forms are provided for
information purposes only. All participants must create and submit their
forms via the online system.

Click here to apply

For more information, visit  Government of Ireland Scholarship