Scholarships and awards

Financial assistance while at College

Since its foundation in 1592, Trinity College has sought to assist students of limited means. There are a number of scholarships, awards and bursaries which you may be able to apply for during your time in College. Details of these bursaries or awards can be found under Financial Assistance in the College Calendar (www.tcd.ie/calendar).

If you are experiencing financial difficulties you can also apply to the Student Assistance Fund. All students may apply, including first year students. Applicants complete a form and supply evidence of means in order to be assessed for the fund. Full details are available from the Senior Tutor’s Office, House 27 and at www.tcd.ie/Senior_Tutor

Entrance Exhibitions

Entrance Exhibitions are awarded to Junior Freshmen (first year) new entrants provided that sufficient merit is shown in public examination results. Each exhibition is in the form of a book prize. Exhibitioners and their parents/guardians are invited to attend a ceremony during their first term. The schools in which exhibitioners received their post-primary education are informed.

Sizarships

Sizars are Entrance Exhibitioners of limited means who have Commons (evening meal) free of charge. Application to be considered for the award of a sizarship should be made to the Admissions Office on or before 1 October of the year of entry. Application details are available at www.tcd.ie/Admissions/undergraduate/apply/forms. Sizarships are normally tenable for the first two years of an undergraduate course.

Foundation scholarship

Students in the Senior Freshman (second) year may compete for a foundation scholarship. Up to seventy foundation scholars are elected annually on the basis of performance in the scholarship examination, which is usually held in the week before the start of the second term. Foundation scholars are entitled to certain privileges, which include having their course fees paid by the College (non-EU students pay EU fees), Commons (evening meal) free and an entitlement to College rooms free of charge during the academic year. Foundation scholarships are normally held for a term of five years.

Sport scholarships

Sports Scholarships are awarded to sportsmen and sportswomen of national/international standard who come to study and compete for Trinity. The Scholarships provide the following benefits:

• Financial grant
• Physiological Assessment/Fitness Testing and follow up training
• Workshops to include Nutrition, Psychology etc.

Scholarships are open to all sports and are awarded to first year students and are tenable for one year, however, they may be renewed (on a yearly basis) for up to three additional years. Application forms may be downloaded from the website listed below. The closing date for applications is Friday 3 October 2014. For further information and application forms, please contact the Department of Sport:

• Tel: + 353 1 896 1502
• Email: sport@tcd.ie
• Web: www.tcd.ie/sport

School prizes

Prizes are available to students from the following schools: the Abbey School, Tipperary; Portora Royal School, Enniskillen; Mount Temple Comprehensive, Dublin; St Andrew's College, Booterstown and Alexandra School, Dublin. A booklet setting out all the awards available in Trinity College may be obtained from the Admissions Office, Regent House, Trinity College, Dublin 2.

Tel: +353 1 896 4444, E-mail: admissions@tcd.ie

Reid Entrance Exhibition

In 1888, the sum of £6,200 was received under the will and testament of the late Richard Touhill Reid to found additional sizarships. The awards, which do not exceed five in number, are open only to students of limited means and who are natives of county Kerry (see www.tcd.ie/Admissions/undergraduate/apply/forms for further details). They are granted to qualified candidates on the basis of their public examination results and are tenable for two years.

Students not eligible are those who:

1. are above the standing of Junior Freshman (first year)
   OR
2. are graduates of any chartered university
   OR
3. have completed their nineteenth year before 1 May of the year in which they compete.

Exhibitioners have their Commons (evening meal) free, are supplied with a laptop and receive a salary of €6,000 per annum. During the Senior Freshman (second) year, exhibitioners normally compete for Foundation scholarships. Those who fail to obtain such scholarships, but are deemed to have shown sufficient merit, may have their exhibitions extended for two further years.

Application forms should be addressed to the Admissions Office to arrive not later than 31 May of the proposed year of entry.

Choral Scholarships – Trinity College Chapel Choir

Eight Choral Scholarships valued at €1,300 are available for all voices for the year 2014/15.

The choral scholars form the core and leadership of the Chapel Choir: a mixed-voice choir of about twenty-five singers which performs in a liturgical context, but is not itself a religious organisation. Applicants of any faith, denomination or none are welcome. Some previous choral experience is an advantage and the ability to read music is essential.

Application is made in person at the Chapel Choir desk in Front Square during Freshers’ Week (the first week in College); an appointment for an audition before the selection committee is then made.