Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship Programme
Irish Research Council / Taighde Eireann - Research Ireland
Ireland's national doctoral scholarship, covering stipend, a fees contribution and research expenses for postgraduate research at an eligible Irish institution. Bottom-up and non-directed across all disciplines, with an average success rate the Council states as 18%. The standard funding route for a social work PhD in Ireland.
- Indicative award
- Amount not published (stipend)Figures are published in euro, so numeric fields are left null: maximum annual scholarship of EUR 31,000, comprising a stipend of EUR 22,000 per annum, a contribution to fees including non-EU fees up to EUR 5,750 per annum, and research expenses of EUR 3,250 per annum.
- Timing
- Annual cycleAnnual cycle · Aug, OctNo specific published date recorded. This funder publishes a cycle rather than a date, and this database does not invent one.Annual cycle mirroring the postdoctoral programme: call opens in late summer, applicant deadline mid-October at 16:00 Irish time, supervisor and research office endorsement the following weeks, results end of April, award start 1 September. The round documented on the page is closed and no future da
- Who can apply
- Doctoral candidate, Master's / undergraduate
- Eligibility
- The scholar must study at an eligible Irish higher education institution or research-performing organisation, with a named academic supervisor and research office endorsement; supervisor and endorsement deadlines fall after the applicant deadline. Full criteria are set out in the call documentation for each round. Not open to community organisations as applicant.
- SSWR clusters
- Topics
- doctoral scholarship · all disciplines · ireland
- Apply at
- https://research.ie/funding/goipg/
- This entry
- Curated by the working group. Written 2026-08-07. The funder link has not yet been machine-checked.
Amounts and dates on this page are indicative and are maintained by people rather than scraped. Funders change ceilings, windows and eligibility without notice; confirm all details at the source above before applying.
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