Postgraduate fee contribution grant of up to €5,000 plus a maintenance grant.
To be eligible for the fee contribution grant of up to €5,000 plus a maintenance grant, the total household income must be within the income thresholds.
Postgraduate tuition fee grant of up to €6,270 plus a maintenance grant.
To receive the postgraduate fee grant plus a maintenance grant, you must meet the criteria for the Special Rate of Grant;
- Must be eligible for the ordinary rate of grant;
- Your total reckonable household income must not exceed the special rate thresholds; and
- On 31 December of the previous year to your application, the reckonable household income must include an eligible long-term Department of Social Protection payment as prescribed in the Student Grant Scheme for the relevant year or its equivalence from an EU Member State.
Postgraduate fee contribution grant of up to €5,000.
To be eligible for the fee contribution grant of up to €5,000 the total household income must be within the income thresholds.
The maintenance grant is a contribution towards day-to-day living costs which is paid directly to eligible students through nine monthly installments over the course of the academic year.
Maintenance grants are paid at adjacent and non-adjacent rates. The adjacent rate is paid when a student’s college is less than 30km from their normal residence. The non-adjacent rate is paid when a student’s college is 30km or more from their normal residence.
Tuition students and students in receipt of Back to Education Allowance (BTEA) are not eligible for a maintenance grant.
