Applicant Information
The 1916 Bursary Fund, funded by the Department of Education and Skills under strand 2 of PATH (Programme for Access to Higher Education), commemorates the centenary of 1916 as part of an overall series of measures to encourage participation and success by students from sections of society that are significantly under-represented in higher education. The 1916 Bursary Fund provides financial support to students identified by higher education institutions as being the most socio-economically disadvantaged from specified target groups, and it complements existing student supports and access initiatives.
The 1916 Bursary Scheme is open to all applicants who aim to pursue undergraduate higher education in 2020/2021. The University of Limerick will review all applications. Applicants should have made an undergraduate application for 2020/2021 through the CAO to the University of Limerick, via one of the following admissions pathways, in order to be considered for the award of a bursary. Applicants who have made an application to an eligible part-time undergraduate programme or to an online course may also be considered. Awardees must have been resident in the Irish State for three of the past five years on the date on which a year of study commences.
Applicants who have made an application may also be from one of the following target sub-groups:
The following is the proposed allocation of the 1916 Bursary Awards for 2020/2021 in the University of Limerick within the target groups and entry pathways. Where insufficient qualifying applications are received in any particular category, bursaries may be re-distributed across other categories at the discretion of the 1916 Bursary Committee:
Entry pathway |
Allocation of Bursaries |
Additional allocation – Ethnic Minority |
HEAR1 or UL’s Access to University Course |
8 |
An additional two bursaries will be allocated to students who meet the ‘Traveller’ or ‘Ethnic Minority’ criteria across one or more of the entry pathway target groups. |
DARE |
2 |
|
Mature Student entry (first time entrant only) |
5 At least 4 of these will go to those who meet the qualifying criteria to be considered lone parents |
|
QQI entry (i.e. received offer of place in Round ‘0’ on the basis of QQI award points) |
1 |
|
Part-time programme entry |
1 |
TOTAL allocation: 19 Bursaries
Procedure for assessment of applications:
Applicants will be ranked by score and then by gross household income. The 1916 Bursaries will be awarded to the top ranked applicants in each entry pathway category.
1 Applications from HEAR and the Access to University Course students will be assessed using the information already provided as part of the HEAR/Access to University Course admissions system and therefore they do not need to complete the application form, other than if an applicant wishes to be considered under the Member of the Traveller community, Lone Parent or Ethnic Minority subcategories.
The following conditions apply:
Conditional awards of bursaries may be made prior to the awardee’s enrolment in UL. However, a bursary cannot be conditionally awarded to applicants until they have been formally offered a place at UL and also until confirmation has been received that they are in receipt of the special rate of SUSI maintenance grant and/or a means-tested DEASP payment and subject also to meeting other eligibility criteria under the scheme. Payments of bursaries to successful awardees will not be made until the awardee has formally registered on their course of study in UL.
Personal data that you submit with this application form in connection with the 1916 Bursary Fund will be used to process your application to the bursary and will be treated in accordance with UL’s Data protection policy. For greater detail please see: https://ulsites.ul.ie/corporatesecretary/data-protection.
Please download the application form and FAQs below. Applications must be submitted by email only to 1916BursaryFund@ul.ie by 5.00pm on Friday 4th September 2020. Enquiries can be directed to 1916BursaryFund@ul.ie.