SETU welcomes applications from SEU academic and research staff members interested in supervising PhD students to be funded under the SETU PhD Scholarship Programme 2025. Up to 10 scholarships will be funded under the programme. The overall purpose of this scholarship programme is to:
- Promote high quality, innovative research and provide research and development training for highly skilled graduates leading to the award of a PhD; and
- Support the increase in PhD numbers at SETU, in line with national and European priorities.
The Scholarships are awarded on a competitive basis, with a minimum score of 85% needed to be considered for funding. Please see the Call Terms and Conditions.
Awards will be made on the basis of excellence and subject to funding being available.
All programme queries should be addressed to: [email protected]
| Scholarship Stream | Award maximum Total (48 Months) | Stipend per annum | Expenses per annum | Postgraduate Tuition Fees per annum |
| SETU PhD Scholarship 2025 | €121,000 to €125,000 | €22,500 | €2,000 research expenses with an additional €1,000 for lab-based projects where justified. | A maximum value of €5,750 |
| Call Schedule | Date |
| Call Launch | 09 June 2025 |
| Application Deadline | 19 September 2025 at 16:00 GMT |
| Call Outcome | October 2025 |
| PhD student Recruitment | From November 2025 |
| Student Commences | Semester 2, 2025-2026 |
*The above schedule may be subject to change.
Applications from SETU supervisory teams involving new supervisors are particularly welcome and will be reviewed favourably in line with the evaluation criteria and scoring, to continue to expand the research supervisory capacity of the University.
Supervisory arrangements must comply with the postgraduate regulations. See the Terms and Conditions document for full details.
To apply:
A completed application should be submitted to [email protected] by 16:00 GMT on 19 September 2025. The application form is available to download here.
An electronic copy of the completed application form (using the template provided) with relevant signatures is all that is required.
The upper limit is 11 pages excluding appendices (supervisor profiles, reference list, and letters of support, where applicable) together with the declaration sheet.
The evaluation panel will not consider project submissions that exceed the stated page limit and/or word count, or those which do not use the application template provided, or those received after the deadline.
Application deadline: 16:00 on 19 September 2025
All programme queries to: [email protected]