Financial Support

ESF/SAF Payments February 2013

Cheques will be available for collection in the main TAP office as follows:

Date: Monday 25th February 2013
Time: From 8am - 8pm

Date: Tuesday 26th February 2013
Time: From 8am - 8pm

• If you are unable to collect your cheque on the dates and times specified you must notify the Office in advance or the cheque will be cancelled.

• At the time of collection of the payment, students must provide receipts which total the amount received and submit these with a receipts return form. Full details regarding receipts can be found below.

IMPORTANT: Prior to receiving your second cheque, you must complete a mandatory online surevey which is a requirement of the Higher Education Authority. A link to the survey can be found below:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/1213SAF

 

TAP gratefully acknowledges the invaluable financial support received for this initiative from the European Social Fund and a range of individual and corporate donors. Further information on financial support available to those attending higher education is available on www.studentfinance.ie.

TAP has 2 separate types of financial assistance which TAP students may be eligible for:

1. TAP Student Assistance Fund (ESF/SAF) Apply Here
2. TAP Corporate and Alumni Fund Scholarships Apply Here

TAP students are those students who are currently enrolled in undergraduate courses and who have entered Trinity College through one of the following alternative admissions routes:

• Foundation Course for Higher Education (Young Adults and Mature Students)
• University Access Course in Liberal Arts CDVEC and TAP – Pearse, Plunkett, Liberties and Rathmines Colleges of Further Education
• Higher Education Access Route (HEAR)

TAP Student Assistance Fund (ESF/SAF)
The Student Assistance Fund (SAF) is funded by the Irish Government and part funded by the European Social Fund under the Human Capital Investment Operational Programme 2007-2013. It is intended to provide financial support to disadvantaged students to enable them to benefit fully from their third level studies.

The following are examples of situations for which students can apply for assistance:

The following services are NOT eligible for assistance from this fund:

For more information about ESF/ SAF please contact your TAP Advisor, Sheila Flood at sflood@tcd.ie / 896-2751 or Kathleen O’Toole-Brennan at kotoole@tcd.ie / 896-2751.

For further information on SAF please consult the SAF guidelines for TAP students.

Please download and complete the following documents before coming to collect your payment. These forms must be filled out prior to collection of Student Assistance Fund payments.

SAF receipts return form (for information on eligible expenditure please click here)
SAF signature form

TAP Corporate and Alumni Fund Scholarships
The Trinity Access Programmes (TAP) receives valuable financial support from a range of private and corporate supporters of Trinity College. This funding enables us to provide a number of corporate scholarships for TAP students who meet specific criteria as detailed in the scholarship guidelines. Scholarships amount to approximately 1,000 euro per annum, subject to the terms and conditions listed below.  The deadline for receipt of online applications is 7th October 2012.

Students who are successful in their scholarship application, will be required to commit to the following:

1. Providing an annual 300 word essay/ personal statement which outlines their course of study, extra-curricular activities, and the impact which the scholarship is making.
2. Students who discontinue their course of study, are obliged to notify the scholarship co-ordinator immediately.
3. Students may be required to attend brief meetings with the corporate and private donors, to discuss their experience on the course and the impact of the scholarship.
4. The scholarship award will be reviewed annually. Payment of the scholarship is contingent on the student fulfilling the above requirements and is also subject to the funding being made available from the donors.
   

A brief description of the scholarships available from alumni, private donors and corporate funds is available within  the online application.