Student Assistance Fund Applicants - Eligibility/Non-Eligibility

Eligibility

Students (Registered on higher education programmes of not less than one year in duration)

• Full time students on courses that lead to a higher education award at level 6 to 10 of the National Framework of Qualifications.         
• Part-time students on courses that lead to a higher education award at level 6 to 10 of the national framework of qualifications (as above) – Blended/Distance learning programmes
• Students on Springboard+/Human Capital Initiative courses, or who are on blended/distance learning courses, are eligible to apply subject to meeting the criteria outline above.

• PhD students Year 1-4.  Students who have completed four years of their studies, on a case-by-case basis, may also be given consideration for support.

   

Students with a previous higher education qualification at the same NFQ level, or who, in the past, attended higher education without ultimately obtaining a qualification, may be considered for support on a case-by-case basis and subject to available funding.

The DCU Student Assistance Fund is in the first instance, a means tested fund.  The eligibility income is up to €72,000 (total family income).

• For students under 23, this will be the parents/guardians and any income the student, he/she, may have.  
• For students over 23, who are dependent on their parents/guardians, this will be the parents/guardians income along with any income the student, he/she, may have.  

• For students over 23, not dependent on parents/guardian, this will be the student’s income plus partner/spouse’s income where applicable.

   

Income is less than expenditure.

Online application is completed and submitted ('Submit' button must be clicked).

Required supporting documentation is uploaded to application.

Students do not have to be in receipt of a SUSI grant to be eligible to apply.

Students who are non-EU nationals, including UK nationals, but who are eligible for free or reduced fees in line with the criteria for the Free Fees Initiative may be considered for the SAF subject to meeting the criteria outlined above.  

Non-Eligibility

Students on courses that do not lead to a higher education award are not eligible to apply for the SAF.

Applications to the SAF are not open to International/Non-EU fee-paying students. Non-EU fee-paying students may be eligible for the International Student Emergency Fund.

Students who do not meet the above eligibility.