€24,000 Scholarship at ANY Irish University – Apply Now!

Irish Research Council is offering a number of scholarships for
suitably qualified individuals to pursue a postgraduate degree in any
discipline at an eligible HEI within Ireland. Scholars from any
country can apply for these scholarships. The aim of the Irish
Research Council Enterprise Partnership Scheme Postgraduate
Scholarship is to link with an enterprise partner to award co-funded
postgraduate scholarships to highly promising researchers. The mission
of the Council is to enable and sustain a vibrant and creative
research community in Ireland. Students need to demonstrate that they
have a good level of written and spoken English.

Scholarships are available to pursue a postgraduate degree in any
discipline at an eligible HEI within Ireland.
Scholarships are awarded to study the subjects offered by the university.

Scholarship Award: The total value of the Enterprise Partnership
Scheme Postgraduate Scholarship will be up to a maximum of €24,000 in
any approved year and will consist of the following:
A maintenance award of €16,000 per annum within the Funding Term;
Contribution to fees, including non-EU scholarship fees, paid to the
HEI up to a maximum of €5,750. Any differential must be paid by the
Scholar and/or HEI per annum. Scholars who hold a fee waiver from
their HEI, or where no fee is required, or where fees are paid in full
or in part by a third party, must inform the Council and the
appropriate offices in their HEI and will not be eligible for the fee
portion of the Scholarship;
Eligible direct research support expenses to enable the Scholar to
carry out the Research Project, including essential research supplies
such as small consumables; books and journals; 'pay as you go' access
to national research infrastructure; software and hardware critical
for the research
to be obtained in the first year of the award; archival research
costs; conference travel and participation; generic and/or specialist
disciplinary skills training; publishing and write-up costs. The exact
amount of eligible direct research expenses is subject to sufficient
justification being made in the Scholarship Application Form up to a
maximum of €2,250 per annum. Only vouched expenses incurred in
actually carrying out the Research Project will be reimbursed.

The maximum that can be spent in any year of the Scholarship is
€24,000, plus any unspent balance of eligible direct research support
expenses carried over from the previous year of the Scholarship. Apart
from this exception, funds may not be carried forward from one year to
the next.

No funds provided by the Council as part of the Scholarship Fund may
be used by the HEI to cover overhead or administrative costs.

Funding will be provided only for the Research Project as presented in
the application form and if any significant departures from this
become apparent during the development of the Research Project, the
consent of the Council must be sought.

Expenses that occur outside the Funding Term are not eligible for the
Scholarship.

While the Award is made to the individual Scholar, the Scholarship
Fund is administered through the appropriate office within the HEI.

Eligibility Criteria:
Applicants must meet the following guidelines
Scholars are selected in accordance with the Council's Postgraduate
Scholarship application and assessment process.

Scholars must be full-time students affiliated with an eligible HEI in
Ireland and during the Funding Term must exclusively spend all of
his/her working time on the Research Project at Masters or PhD
education level and Training & Career Development activities.
Scholars must fulfil the following criteria:
must have a first class or upper second-class honours primary degree,
or the equivalent. If 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 undergraduate degree result is a
first-class or upper second-class honours, or the equivalent. Masters
degree results may be considered to take precedence over the results
of the primary degree. The Council's decision on these matters is
final;
must not have applied more than once to this Scheme. and at the time
of application:
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 January 2017;or
fulfil the criteria in Clause 4.4 if already registered and part of
the degree has been completed. and in the case of
Research Masters Scholarships, not currently holding or having
previously held a Council Postgraduate Scholarship;
Doctoral Degree Scholarships, not currently holding or having
previously held any Council Postgraduate Scholarship other than those
which would enable them to obtain a Research Masters Degree
Scholars from any country may hold a Council Postgraduate Scholarship.
However, Scholars must:
maintain her/his principal residence in Ireland (as defined) during
the period of the Scholarship;
satisfy the State's regulations on immigration and have the support of
their HEI with respect to these regulations and requirements if they
are not a national of a member state of the European Union (EU).

Eligible Nationalities: Scholars from any country can apply for these
postgraduate scholarships.

Entrance Requirement:
Scholars must be full-time students affiliated with an eligible HEI in Ireland.

Students need to demonstrate that they have a good level of written
and spoken English

Application Procedure:
The mode of applying is online.
Application