Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 17 January 2024
1824. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide a full list of PhD scholarships and awards that will see increased stipends in 2024 (details supplied). [56667/23]
View answerIn 2024, all of the PhD students who currently receive a stipend under Programmes funded by the Irish Research Council (IRC) and Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) will receive the stipend increase of €3,000 per annum, bringing the stipend amount to €22,000 per annum. The provision and level of stipend provided by PhD funders outside my Department is at the discretion of each funder.
Approximately 960 students funded through the IRC and 1,870 students funded by SFI (i.e. fully funded PhD students on active SFI awards) benefited from the increase in the stipend in 2023.
The IRC and SFI forecasts that a similar number of students will benefit from the increased stipends in 2024.
IRC fund PhD students under a number of Programmes, listed below:
• Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarships
• Enterprise Partnership Postgraduate
• Employment Based Postgraduate Scholarships
• SFI/IRC Pathway Awards
• Laureate Awards
• CHIST-ERA Awards
Through SFI, the 2023 payment was made to 16 separate HEIs, and SFI expects the 2024 payment to be spread across a similar number of HEIs. See table below providing 2023 breakdown.
|
2023 |
|
|
Higher Education Institution |
Eligible number of students |
|
University of Limerick |
147 |
|
University College Dublin |
404 |
|
Trinity College Dublin |
311 |
|
University College Cork |
219 |
|
University of Galway |
190 |
|
Maynooth University |
92 |
|
Dublin City University |
179 |
|
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland |
34 |
|
South East Technological University |
13 |
|
Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies |
9 |
|
Teagasc |
17 |
|
Tyndall National Institute |
89 |
|
Technological University of Shannon |
10 |
|
Technological University of Dublin |
108 |
|
Atlantic Technological University |
3 |
|
Munster Technological University |
45 |
|
Total |
1870 |
