The Higher Education Authority (HEA) under the Government of Ireland announced the call for application for 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.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must possess excellence (academically, personally, professionally, creatively);
- Applicants must posses excellent communication skills;
- Applicants must engage in Extra curriculum activities (for example: humanitarian work; politics-local, national, international; arts; sports);
- Applicants must possess strong rationale for pursuing their study in Ireland that indicates how a GOI-IES fits into their longer-term goals
Evaluation Criteria
The applications must cover the following, as requested in the online application tool:
- Academic qualifications, achievements and/or work experience (40marks)
- Personal Statement (refer to the Candidate profile). Applicants will be required to demonstrate:
- the benefit of becoming a GOI-IES Scholar; to themselves (personally and professionally), to Ireland, as well as their country of origin. (15 marks);
- how they will extend themselves beyond their project/studies to become actively involved in Irish society in order to maximize their academic/cultural exchange experience and to raise awareness of the GOI-IES scheme in Ireland and beyond (15marks);
- the extent to which they have a long-term interest in Ireland and how they will promote links with Ireland during their time as Scholars and also after as Alumni (15 marks).
- Two references uploaded via the online application portal (please note that the HEA is not able to accept references submitted via email or other sources outside of the online application portal) (15 marks)
This scholarship is for:
- The students of final year of an undergraduate degree program.
- The students of one-year of a taught Master’s program, or
- The students of one-year research program (one year of a 2-year research Master’s or a 3-4 years PhD degree program).
What this means is that the scholarship only covers one year of study. Applicants will have to pay for their subsequent year(s) of study.
Eligible Institutions
The following is a list of all institutions eligible under the GOI-IES 2022 programme:
• American College Dublin
• CCT College Dublin
• Dublin Business School
• Dublin City University
• Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology
• Dundalk Institute of Technology
• Galway Business School
• Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology
• Griffith College , Dublin
• ICD Business School , Dublin
• Independent College , Dublin
• Institute of Technology, Carlow
• Institute of Technology, Sligo
• Letterkenny Institute of Technology
• Mary Immaculate College , Limerick
• Maynooth University
• Munster Technological University
• National College of Art and Design , Dublin
• National College of Ireland , Dublin
• National University of Ireland, Galway
• Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
• Technological University Dublin
• Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest
• Trinity College Dublin
• University College Cork
• University College Dublin
• University of Limerick
• Waterford Institute of Technology
Scholarship Value
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
Deadline
25th March 2022
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