Scholarships & Awards

Student excellence and achievement is recognised in UCD through a wide variety of scholarships and awards. You can find out more about the different types of scholarships, awards and prizes UCD offers and where to go for further information at www.ucd.ie/scholarships

Undergraduate Students
If you are an undergraduate student, you can find out about undergraduate scholarships and awards on our Undergraduate Scholarships page.

Research Students
You can find out about research funding, awards and sponsorship on our Research Funding page.

International Students
If you are from the US, you can find out about How to Finance your Study in Ireland on the US Student Funding page.

If you are from another country outside the EU, you can find out about funding and scholarships available to you by visiting the UCD International website page on Scholarships and Funding for International Students

Undergraduate awards

1. The Ciarán Benson medal for best essay by a third year student
• Students will be nominated for this award by module coordinators with respect to specific essays. The awards committee will read and rank the nominated essays and make a final determination.
2. Essay-writing award for best essay by a second year student
• Students will be nominated for this award by module coordinators with respect to specific essays. The awards committee will read and rank the nominated essays and make a final determination.
3. The Michael Nolan Award for best final year project
• To be awarded to the student with the highest grade for their final year project. In the event of a tie, the members of the Awards committee will rely on written feedback from the project markers to determine the winner.
4. Research design and analysis award
• To be awarded to the third year student with the highest GPA from all lab and statistics modules across the full 3 year programme.
• To be awarded to the mature student with the highest GPA across the full programme.
5. The Deirdre Keegan Award for best mature student