Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship 2024

Application Deadline: October 26, 2024

The Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarships 2024 is the best scholarship for International students in Ireland and is available for all disciplines. The program’s participants are distinguished for displaying world-class potential as future research leaders. The Ireland Scholarship 2024 provides equal opportunity to people of all nationalities. The Irish Research Council works with businesses, civil society organizations, and the government to maximize the value of researchers’ skills, expertise, and talent to give society the highest benefit. The sole purpose of this grant is to cultivate the aptitude of the candidates in order to serve the community in a better way. The courses of these degree programs would be conducted in the English language.

World’s leading universities like Trinity College Dublin, University College Dublin, and Royal Irish Academy in Ireland are involved in the eligibility of this Irish scholarship. This golden opportunity allows candidates of all disciplines to collaborate with people from diverse cultures and exchange ideas to lead a hand towards communities to bring them out from their most recurring problems. A total of 1,193 Postgraduate Scholars were awarded in 2019, with more than 5,000 candidates awarded this scholarship for outstanding research granted till now. Every year, the Council of Ireland invests in 280 new postgraduate scholarships in Ireland.

Benefits

  • The student will get a stipend of €19,000 per year.
  • The scholarship will cover the tuition fee.
  • The student will receive research expenses of €3,250 per year.
  • Individual, significant rewards will be given to candidates in their own names for outstanding research.
  • Global, independent expert peer evaluation as part of an objective selection process
  • The candidates will get to study at the world’s leading universities in Ireland.
  • The scholarship also non-European Union fees for candidates which will be up to €5,750.

Eligibilities

  • The applicants can be of any age in order to apply for the Ireland scholarship.
  • Prior to accessing an application form, all applicants must take and pass an eligibility quiz on the online application system.
  • All applicants must be linked with an Eligible university listed above.
  • Candidates must have a Bachelor`s Degree for pursuing a Master’s and a Master`s Degree for pursuing PhD Applications.
  • Applicants must be fluent in both written and spoken English.
  • Academic referees and supervisors must provide positive reports of the applicants.
  • In order to be considered, applicants must not have failed twice in their previous applications for the same program. This is true whether the applicant’s host institution or research topic has changed since their last submission.
  • Students waiting for their Results can also apply. However, they must get provisional certificates from their home institutions.
  • The applicants must have first-class or upper-second-class degrees.
  • Applicants seeking a research master’s degree or a doctoral degree must not possess or have previously held an Irish Research Council scholarship.
  • All applicants must have a willing supervisor who can’t guide them on their research projects during their studies in Ireland.
  • The candidates who have research topics related to; humans, Human modification (except for cancer research), and the production of human embryos.

For more information, please visit: https://research.ie/funding/goipg/