The Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering & Technology invites applications for funding from intending postgraduate researchers under the Embark Initiative Postgraduate Research Scholarship Scheme (2008).
The 2008 programme will fund approximately 80 new entrant Masters or Doctorate level researchers in the sciences, engineering and technology.
A number of additional scholarships will be jointly funded by industry as part of IRCSET’s Enterprise Partnership Scheme (see below for details). This scheme fosters mutually beneficial collaboration between the academic and commercial research sectors.
The scheme is open to candidates worldwide with a small number of the scholarships available to exceptional candidates from non EU member states.
Under the Postgraduate Research Scholarship Scheme, funding of €24,000 is provided for each of three years for Doctorate level research (total funding of €72,000) and one year (€24,000) for Masters level research.
The Closing Date for all applications will be 5.00pm, 20th August 2008.
The Closing Date for all references will be 5.00pm, 27th August 2008.
INTENDING CANDIDATES SHOULD READ ALL OF THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION
PRIOR TO SUBMITTING AN APPLICATION.
Applications will only be received via the Online Grants Applications System which will be available here from Thursday, 17th July 2008.
Eligible candidates will be proposing to commence a research based degree in October 2008. Only candidates with academic records at higher honours level are likely to be successful in receiving funding.
An Online Grants Applications System will be in operation here from 17th July 2008.
The closing date for all applications is 20th August 2008.
http://www.ircset.ie/grant_schemes/postgrad.html
Postgraduate Research Scholarship Scheme 2008 [Second Call] http://www.ircset.ie/grant_schemes/postgrad.html
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