Embark Postgraduate Research Scholarship Scheme

Agency:

Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology (IRCSET)

Value:

€24,003 per year

€16,002 goes directly to the student.  The remainder funds other forms of support such as fees, appropriate travel and other expenses

Eligible:

• A small number of awards will be available to exceptional candidates from non EU member states to enable them to carry out research at institutions in Ireland.

• Apart from this, applications are restricted to citizens of the European Union (EU) who are ordinarily resident within a member state of the EU.

• Applicants must normally have a first or upper second class honours primary degree, or the equivalent.

• The competition is open to those:
  (a) proposing to commence their first postgraduate research degree during 2008
  (b) who hold a postgraduate degree (Masters) awarded for taught programmes.
  (c) who have been awarded a Masters degree by research and wish to apply for funding in order to pursue a PhD
  (d) who have completed and submitted to their institution, a transfer report in order to transfer from the masters register to the PhD register. This transfer report must be a dissertation equivalent to a submission for the degree of Masters by research

• Applicants must:
  - have been provisionally accepted by a head of department/school
  - be formally accepted by the relevant department/school by September 15 2008

• Scholarships will be awarded only to those who are full-time students and who will engage fulltime in research during the period of the Scholarship

Duration:

3 Years for PhD, 1 Year for Masters

Assessment Criteria:

• The academic record and research preparation of the candidate

• The personal statement

• Referees statements

• Research Proposal

Closing Date:

27th February, 2008

10th August 2007 (There will be a summer call at a similar date in 2008)

Link:

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* Note: This information is provided as a guide only.  If you plan to apply for this programme, check the relevant website for full details.

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