Deadline: March 26, 2021 5pm (Irish Time)
The Higher Education Authority (HEA) is pleased to issue the 2021 Call under the Government of Ireland International Education Scholarships Programme. Under the initiative 60 scholarships will be provided for one year study at Bachelor, Masters or PhD levels to successful candidates who have an offer of a place at an eligible Irish higher education institution.
The HEI will be required to give a FULL fee waiver to the student for the scholarship year (i.e. tuition fee and registration charge are waived). This is the minimum matching funding requirement that institutions will be required to make to the scholarship scheme.
The offer is open to students from non-EU/EEA countries and is applicable to all fields of study.
Benefits:
Students who are successful will receive:
- A €10,000 stipend for one year’s study.
- A full fee waiver of all tuition and other registration costs at the higher education institution.
- The scholarship stipend will be transferred to the host higher education institution (HEI) of the successful student in two payments of €5,000. The HEI will then put in place a system to transfer the funds to the scholarship awardee.
Eligibilities:
The scholarship may be for:
▪ the final year of an undergraduate programme;
▪ one year of a taught master’s degree programme or;
▪ one year of a research programme (i.e. one year of a 2-year research masters or a 3-4-year PhD programme).
It is expected that a total of 60 scholarships will be funded by the Government of Ireland International Education Scholarships for the academic year 2021/2022.
Applicants must have a domiciliary of origin1 not equal to the EU/EEA, United Kingdom or Switzerland.
Scholarships may be approved for study across all disciplines, subject to the availability of places.
Note:
Due to the very large number of applications it will not be possible to give feedback to unsuccessful candidates.
Applications are welcome from under-represented cohorts.
Successful Scholars are to commence studies in September/October 2021.
Later enrolments will only be considered in relation to PhD awardees.
Students and their host HEIs may be required to attend a welcoming event for GOI-IES awardees around this time.
Candidate profile:
- Possess excellence (academically, personally, professionally, creatively);
- Excellent communication skills;
- Extra curriculum activities (for example: humanitarian work; politics-local, national, international; arts; sports);
- Possess strong rationale for pursuing their study in Ireland that indicates how a GOI-IES fits into their longer-term goals.
