If you are continuing and progressing on the same course in academic year 2026/27, you should make a grant renewal application from 12 noon on 5 March 2026. The priority closing date for grant renewal applications is 11 June 2026.

If you are repeating a year on the same course, you will not be eligible for grant funding unless there are exceptional circumstances. 

If you have any questions when making your grant renewal application, check out our guide to making a renewal application.

In processing your application, we will refer to any information that you may have provided on previous applications but please note that we may also need to ask you for further documentary evidence.

You should make a new grant application when SUSI opens for new applications from 12 noon on 1 April 2026 if you have:

• completed your course, or
• will be changing course or college, or
• will be starting a new course, including entering an add-on year, in academic year 2026/27, or you
• cancelled your grant application, withdrew from your course, or deferred your studies in 2025/26.

and if you are:

• progressing in your education to pursue a course at a higher level on the National Framework of Qualifications, and
• eligible to receive a grant subject to the maximum periods of grant funding.

The priority closing date for new grant applications is 9 July 2026.

Note that “changing course or college or starting a new course” includes progressing from:

• PLC level 5 to PLC level 6 studies, including within the same course,
• a PLC level course to a higher education course,
• an undergraduate level 6 or 7 course to an “add-on” course at level 7 or 8,
• an undergraduate course to another undergraduate course,
• undergraduate to postgraduate studies, including within the same course, and
• a postgraduate course to another postgraduate course.

If you have any questions when making your new grant application, check out our guide to making a new application.

SUSI will email students who were awarded a grant in academic year 2025/26 to let them know if our records indicate that they should make a new or a renewal application. SUSI will ask you to make a new application in the following circumstances:

• you have completed the final year of your current course and are starting a new course in 2026/27, or
• you have exhausted the student grant funding available to you at your current level of studies.

If you receive a new application email from SUSI but are continuing and progressing on the same course in academic year 2026/27, please contact us from 12 noon on 5 March 2026 to arrange a grant renewal application.

Some students may not receive an email notification from us, for example if they were awarded a 2025/26 grant after February 2026. Please contact us at support@susi.ie to arrange a grant renewal application.

Several measures were announced in Budget 2026 that may affect the rate of grant that you will be eligible for in 2026/27

• The non-adjacent maintenance rates will increase as follows:

  Non-Adjacent Rate	Full Benefit to student in 2026/27	New Rate from September 2026
  Special	€350	€7,936
  Band 1	€430	€4,722
  Band 2	€200	€3,532
  Band 3	€200	€2,702
  Band 4	€200	€1,866

• The Special Rate of Maintenance grant income threshold will increase from €27,400 to €28,600.
• Income threshold for the €500 Student Contribution Grant will increase from €115,000 to €120,000.
• The Constant Attendance Allowance will not be included when calculating a household's total reckonable income.
• Disablement Benefit paid to the applicant will not be included when calculating a household's total reckonable income. 

Once we are open for applications, you can start an application by logging into your SUSI student portal. You will need your username, password and PIN code. If you are unable to remember your password or PIN code, you should follow the instructions in the ‘I forgot my password/PIN code’ links on the login page. 

If you have a MyGovID Verified account, you can use your MyGovID to log in to your SUSI portal. If you do not have a MyGovID Verified account and would like to know more, please see www.mygovid.ie.

You should make your application as soon as possible after the opening date and before the priority closing dates which are 11 June 2026 for renewal grant applications and 9 July 2026 for new grant applications.

Before you apply, you should refer to the Important Notes for Grant Applicants and the SUSI Eligibility Criteria, especially the Previous Education and Progression page.