Scholarships, sponsorships & medals
ScholarshipsAt UCD Ad Astra Scholarships. Within UCD Ad Astra Scholarships are awarded to outstanding students. Details are given at the Ad Astra webpage
School of Psychology Scholarships. Each year the School of Psychology awards a limited number of scholarships to postgraduates. A condition of receiving these scholarships is that postgraduates undertake duties as tutors and demonstrators.
IRC Scholarships. With support from their supervisors postgraduates may apply to the IRC Government of Ireland postgraduate scholarships. The UCD School of Psychology has successfully supported many postgraduates to obtain Government of Ireland postgraduate scholarships,
Funded Research Scholarships. MLitt / PhD postgraduates may in some instances be supported by scholarships funded through their supervisors’ research grants. Information about such scholarships is available directly from individual academic staff members, or is posted on the School of Psychology website.
Sponsorships
EU candidates admitted to the D Psych Sc clinical psychology programme under the clinical psychology training sponsorship scheme are awarded sponsorship for the 3 years of their training, on condition that they work for their sponsoring agency for 3 years following graduation. The sponsorship involves employment on a Health Service Executive trainee clinical psychology salary and payment of 60% of course fees.
Medals
The UCD School of Psychology awards two medals.
The Ciarán Benson Medal. This medal is awarded annually to an the student enrolled in the Honours BA Programme in Psychology, the Honours BA international in Psychology, or the H Dip Psych who writes an essay judged to be of outstanding merit.
The Therésè Brady Medal. This medal is awarded to one postgraduate in each graduating cohort of the D Psych Sc in clinical psychology whose research thesis was judged to show exceptional clinical sensitivity.