FULLY FUNDED GOVERNMENT OF IRELAND POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS 2024

Fully funded Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarships 2024

The Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship Program, which provides fully financed postgraduate scholarships to international students for study in Ireland, is now accepting applications for the academic year 2023-2024. Applicants from all disciplines who desire to pursue their studies in Ireland beginning in September 2024 must be international.

The Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation, and Science supports and oversees the Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship Program, a well-established national program. With an average success rate of 18% over the last five years, this scholarship program is extremely competitive.

The Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship Programme is one of a kind in the Irish research environment, and it supplements other avenues for financially supported postgraduate education within the Irish ecosystem. Several of its characteristics include the following:

• 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; and
• awards for bottom-up, non-directed research, with the exception of those funded by our strategic funding partners.

We encourage pioneering proposals that target new and developing fields of study or those that introduce inventive, creative methods. The integration of knowledge, methods, resources, and perspectives from two or more disciplines is recognized as the key to developing fundamental understanding, hence proposals of an interdisciplinary nature are also invited.

With an average success rate of 18% over the previous five years, the Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship Program is extremely competitive. The program’s successful grantees are acknowledged for having the potential to become global leaders in research.

Partners in strategic funding

As a means of achieving common national goals, the Irish Research Council collaborates with a number of government departments and organizations to support the Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship Programme. Partners in strategic funding with the Irish Research Council through 2024 include:

• Environmental Protection Agency
• Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
• Department of Foreign Affairs
• Met Éireann

Information about Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarships

• Sponsor: The Irish government is the sponsor of the scholarship.
• Host Institution: Higher Education Institution(s) in Ireland
• Scholarship Amount: Up to €28,000.
• Study Level: Postgraduate (Master’s, Doctorate) level of study
• Eligible Candidates: International students are eligible.

Criteria for Eligibility

The following examples represent the requirements for being eligible to receive an Irish Government Postgraduate Scholarship award in 2024;

• There is no cap placed on the age of applicants for either variety of the program.
• Each candidate must be a member of an Irish higher education institution or other organization that conducts research.
• Only English or Irish-language applications will be accepted.
• For the applicable program, including the strategic partner themes, applicants may not have had more than two prior unsuccessful submissions.
• Each applicant will have to finish and pass an eligibility test on the
• application form before using an online application system
• You should carefully read the call for applications to understand all eligibility requirements.

Benefits of Scholarships

The annual maximum for the scholarship fund is €28,000. Its components are as follows:

• A €19,000 annual stipend;
• A fee contribution (up to a maximum of €5,750 per year for fees paid outside the EU);
• Direct research costs that are €3,250 per year and are eligible.

Application Process

How To Apply:

In order to start the application process, interested and qualified candidates are invited to read the 2024 call documentation. The application and supervisor forms are only provided in indicative form for informational purposes. Forms must be created and submitted online by each participant.

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