Funding, Fees and Scholarships

The Department of Political Science normally admits around five students per year to the PhD programme, and typically provides financial support in the form of tuition grants, stipends, teaching and research assistantships, along with support for postgraduate conference and research travel (more details here). Most students also have opportunities to apply for extra funding in their first year. Applications should be made by 31 March 2013.

Where other funding is not available, applicants are strongly encouraged to apply for Trinity College Awards.

Students in their second year have been very successful in attracting funding from the Irish Research Council (formerly the Irish Reseach Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences).

Graduate students are also given the opportunity of teaching and tutoring on the Department's undergraduate courses, useful preparation for going onto the job market.

For the academic year 2012-13, the fee structure for the programme is:

• EU students - €5,250
• Non-EU students - €8,880

It is expected that the fee levels will remain unaltered for 2013–14. As mentioned above, the Department typically pays these fees on students' behalf.

The School of Social Sciences and Philosophy also provides financial support to a limited number of PhD students through the Grattan Scholarships.

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Grattan Scholarship available for September 2013 entrants

Applications are invited for a fully funded Grattan scholarship to conduct research on the effects of social, cognitive, and emotional factors on ambition and political careers. The position will be based in the Department of Political Science under the supervision of Prof. Gail McElroy. 

Theme for Scholarship: Personality, ambition and political careers 

Applicants should have:

• A strong undergraduate degree (a first, or high 2.1) in political science, economics, psychology or a related discipline. 
• A well-developed research proposal concerning the significance of personality traits and socialisation on political ambition.   

Queries to mcelroy@tcd.ie