Funding Opportunities
The Irish Research Council Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship Scheme including the Enterprise Partnership and the Andrew Grene Scholarships 2013-14
The Irish Research Council launched the 2013-2014 round of its Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship Scheme, including the Enterprise Partnership and the Andrew Greene Scholarships. Following the merger of IRCHSS and IRCSET the Irish Reserch Council Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship subsumes the previous IRCSET Embark Scholarship and IRCHSS Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship.
The Council funds excellent researchers across all disciplines and encourages interdisciplinary research and engagement with enterprise. The Council facilitates the career development of researchers by funding those at an early stage of their research career to associate with established research teams who have achieved international recognition for their work. The Council aims to support an expertise-driven research system in order to enhance Ireland’s innovation capacity and skills base in a rapidly changing global environment where knowledge is key to economic, social and cultural development. The Council is further committed to facilitating the integration of Irish researchers in all disciplines within the European Research Area.
In 2013/14, the Council offered three scholarship types for suitably qualified individuals to pursue a postgraduate degree at a Higher Education Institution within Ireland, including the Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship, the Enterprise Partnership Postgraduate Scholarship and the Andrew Grene Postgraduate Scholarship in Conflict Resolution.
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Scholarship Type |
Description
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Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship |
Intended to support suitably qualified Research Master’s and Doctoral candidates pursuing or intending to pursue full-time research in any discipline, based in an Irish HEI.
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Enterprise Partnership Postgraduate Scholarship |
An innovative initiative where the Council links with an Enterprise Partner to award co-funded Postgraduate Scholarships to highly promising researchers in Ireland. By working closely with an Enterprise Partner, researchers benefit from an enhanced research experience as well as having the opportunity to learn key transferable skills relevant to career formation. |
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Andrew Grene Postgraduate Scholarship in Conflict Resolution |
The Conflict Resolution Unit of the Department of Foreign Affairs, in partnership with the Council, funds research to examine areas relevant to the work of the Conflict Resolution Unit, based in an Irish HEI. |
- Applications will only be accepted through the electronic submission system which is now closed.
- The registration link, for applicants who have not applied to IRCSET through the Smartsimple application system before, can be found here.
- For applicants who have applied to IRCSET (and NOT IRCHSS) in the past through this Smartsimple application system, please use the link here. You will be asked to enter login details with which you will have previously been provided. A 'forgot password' option is available at this same link if you do not remember your details.
Please note that the deadline for receipt of applications to the Postgraduate Scholarship scheme was extended to exactly 5pm (GMT) on Thursday 14th March 2013.
The deadline for referees and mentors remains exactly 5pm (GMT) on Tuesday 26th March 2013.
The closing date for endorsement by the research office of the proposed host institution remains exactly 5pm (GMT) on Tuesday 9th April 2013.
For reasons of transparency and fairness, the Irish Research Council will not enter into individual written or telephone correspondence and, in particular, the secretariat will not enter into one to one discussion or correspondence with individual applicants, either before or after the call deadline, nor will the issuing of results or the actual results of the scheme be discussed over the telephone. Please do not telephone the office about the application process or results.
Queries not addressed in the terms and conditions or guide for applicants will be addressed using an online FAQs system. Queries may be emailed and the question and answer will then be posted on the website at the link below. The Irish Research Council will not enter into individual (telephone or email) correspondence.
If you are a company who wishes to participate in the Enterprise Partnership Postgraduate Scholarship scheme, please register your company details here. If you wish to apply to the Enterprise Partnership scheme and would like to access information pertaining to new researchers opportunities, please click here.
Indicative Application Questions
Indicative Application Questions (Gaeilge)
Life Cycle of an Irish Research Council Award
Postgraduate Evaluation Criteria
Enterprise Partner online registration form
