MSc/PhD Scholarships 2008/2009 - Ireland

MSc/PhD Scholarships (second call) from IRCSET, Ireland
The Embark Initiative’s Postgraduate Research Scholarship Scheme is
designed for either Masters or Doctorate level researchers in the
sciences, engineering or technology.

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