Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship Programme 2025-2026 – YOA

Deadline: October 23, 2025

Applications are open for the Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship Programme 2025-2026. The Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship Programme is a longtime nationwide initiative, funded by the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, and managed by Research Ireland.

The Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship Programme is exclusive within the Irish analysis panorama and enhances different channels for funded postgraduate training within the Irish ecosystem. Among its options are:

• particular person, prestigious awards for wonderful analysis within the title of the applicant;
• an goal choice course of utilizing worldwide, impartial professional peer evaluate;
• funding throughout all disciplines, from archaeology to zoology; and
• awards for backside-up, non-directed analysis, with the exception of these funded by our strategic funding companions.

Pioneering proposals addressing new and rising fields of analysis or these introducing artistic, revolutionary approaches are welcomed. Proposals of an interdisciplinary nature are additionally inspired as it’s recognised that advancing elementary understanding is achieved by integrating data, methods, instruments and views from two or extra disciplines.

Scholarship

The worth of the scholarship will likely be as much as a most of €34,000 every year in any authorized 12 months and can consist of the next:

• a stipend of €25,000 every year
• a contribution to charges, together with non-EU charges, as much as a most of €5,750 every year [In cases where the grant recipient is a non-EU national, they may request an additional €4,000 per annum over-and-above the standard fee contribution. Any remaining differential in fees must be paid by the grant recipient and/or the Research Body.]
• eligible direct prices of €3,250 every year

Eligibility

• Open to new entrants to a Master’s or PhD programme or to registered college students within the first 12 months of the diploma for which they’re searching for funding, aligning with a full-diploma funding mannequin.
• Academic Supervisors might act as Primary Supervisor for no a couple of applicant to the programme. There isn’t any restriction on the quantity of functions the place a supervisor might function secondary or co-supervisor.

Application

Click here to apply

For extra data, go to Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship Programme.