Further details are now available on university funding available for participants on the CEESA masters this coming (2013 - 14) academic year. (For full details on applications, costs and funding, including state funding, see this page.)
1) There are taught masters bursaries of 2,000 euro each open to students who have been in receipt of a student grant any time after 2007, including those graduating this year. You do not need to be a graduate of NUI Maynooth to apply for this scholarship. NB that these are distributed by departments and CEESA is jointly run by the Depts. of Sociology and Adult and Community Education.
2) There is 1 alumnus / alumna scholarship for the Faculty of Social Sciences, open to applicants with a final overall mark of 65% and involving a 600-word personal statement.
For both scholarships, the application forms, closing dates and terms and conditions are available: http://graduatestudies.nuim.ie/scholarship. Students are welcome to contact Eilis Murray, Graduate Studies Development Officer on (01) 708 6938 or eilis.murray AT nuim.ie about these and about the SUSI student grant. She will be providing a workshop on Masters funding at the NUIM Open Day this Saturday (April 27th) at 12.20 pm in the Arts Block Theatre 1 (NB this is a change from the previously announced venue) and a Masters funding workshop on May 2nd (further details here).
