Awards

Foundation Scholarship

Foundation scholarship is a College institution with a long history and high prestige. The examination for the award of scholarship is set and assessed so as to select students of outstanding ability. The objective of the foundation scholarship examination is to identify students who, at a level of evaluation appropriate to the Senior Freshman year, can consistently demonstrate exceptional knowledge and understanding of their subjects. The examination requires candidates to demonstrate skill in synthesising and integrating knowledge across the full range of the set examination materials; to demonstrate rigorous and informed critical thought; and, in appropriate disciplines, to demonstrate a highly-developed ability to solve problems and apply knowledge.

Foundation scholars are elected annually on the result of an examination held in the week before the start of Hilary term with the results announced on Trinity Monday.

Students must give notice of their intention to take the examination on the prescribed form available on the College website at http://www.tcd.ie/vpcao/administration/examinations/assets/ pdf/scholarship-application-form.pdf. Completed application forms should be submitted to the Examinations Office between 1 and 15 November 2012 inclusive.

Foundation scholars are entitled to the following statutory emoluments and privileges:

(a) they have their Commons free of charge;

(b) they are entitled to rooms free of charge for up to nine months of the year;

(c) they receive a salary which, together with any grant they may receive from an outside body, shall amount to not less than €253.95 per annum (after payment of the annual fee);

(d) they are entitled to remission of the annual fee appropriate to their main course of study if they are not in receipt of outside scholarships or grants, save that undergraduate scholars from non-E.U. countries shall have their fees reduced by an amount corresponding to the appropriate fee level of an E.U. fee paying student.