UCD
School of Politics and International Relations

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UCD
SPIRe Graduate Scholarships 2016-17

Deadline:
Extended to Thursday, 30 June 2016

UCD SPIRe is
delighted to announce a call for applications for the 2016-17 Graduate
Scholarship scheme. The overall aim of the scheme is to attract applicants of
the highest academic standards to participate in the UCD SPIRe graduate
programme (PhD and Masters) and provide them with the training, experience and
mentorship necessary to their professional development. These Graduate
Scholarships will comprise a fee remission of up to half the scheduled EU fee
of the programme to which they are registered plus a tax-free annual stipend
payable in ten equal monthly instalments. The annual stipend for PhD students
is €3,600 and for Masters students it is €900.

In the case of PhD applicants, scholarships will normally be awarded for a
period of one year in the first instance, normally renewable for up to four
years, subject to annual review. For Masters applicants, scholarships are
tenable for one year and are non-renewable.

All students in receipt of a Scholarship are given the opportunity to develop
the practical application of their academic skills by ongoing training and
experience of undergraduate tutorial teaching, assessment and pedagogical
development. This process is a core component of this scholarship programme and
it also ensures that our undergraduate students benefit from the expertise and
knowledge of high performing graduate students. As with the formal taught
component of the student’s graduate programme, this is a required element. For
PhD students, it will amount to 6 hours per week of professional training
during each of the two 12-week teaching semesters, including up to forty two
hours per semester of mentored undergraduate teaching. For Masters students it
will amount to over 4 hours per week during each of the two 12-week teaching
semesters, including up to twenty one hours per semester of mentored
undergraduate teaching.

Please review the associated terms and conditions carefully. Application forms
must be submitted on or before 30 June 2016. Applications should be sent to the
School Manager, Ms Dara Gannon – dara.gannon@ucd.ie

PhD
Applicants

Application
Form – PhD Graduate Scholarship

Terms
and Conditions – PhD Graduate Scholarship

Masters
Applicants

ApplicationForm – Masters Graduate Scholarship

Terms
and Conditions – Masters Graduate Scholarship

Note that
candidates must:

a) be an existing PhD student in SPIRe, or have submitted a completed
application for a SPIRe PhD by 30 June 2016; see the link below for information
on applying to the PhD programme
http://www.ucd.ie/spire/phdstudies/phdadmissionsapplicationsfeesandscholarships/

b) for Masters students only have submitted a completed application for a SPIRe
Masters programme also by 30 June 2016.

Only complete
applications will be considered.