Scholarships at Royal College of Surgeons

The 1916 Bursary is funded by the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (DFHERIS). The purpose of this bursary is to encourage participation and success by students who are most socio-economically disadvantaged and who are from groups most under-represented in higher education.

Leinster Pillar Cluster I Bursaries are awarded for eligible students in the following Higher Education Institutions: University College Dublin, National College of Art and Design, Marino Institute of Education, Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Trinity College Dublin, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences. 

Tier 1 bursaries are worth €5,000 per annum. Tier 2 bursaries are worth €2,000 per annum.

Eligibility criteria

Applicants to the 1916 Bursary Fund must be:

• A new entrant pursuing an undergraduate course for the first time.

• Eligible for the Special Rate of SUSI grant (family income of €24,500) and/or in receipt of a Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection means-tested payment.

• Have been a resident in the Irish State for three of the past five years.

• Be studying an approved full-time undergraduate course or part-time undergraduate course in one of the HEIs from the Leinster Pillar I cluster.