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Insight Scholarship Programme

Number of places: 60

Monetary value: €5000

Point of contact name: Megan Griffin

Point of contact email: [email protected]

Scholarship Overview

The Insight Scholarship programme, supported by funding from Google,  is the largest scholarship programme of its kind in Ireland. With a funding package of €1.5 million, more than 60 undergraduate students will receive scholarship support between 2024–2029. The scholarship will support third level students, entering their first year of university, from underrepresented and socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds and communities, with a particular focus placed on students studying courses related to artificial intelligence (AI) and digital safety.

The programme aims to assist underrepresented students, entering first year, to complete their undergraduate degree, through scholarship funding and wrap-around support.

To qualify for the scholarship programme applicants must be entering their first year of university and be registered with either their University Access Office or their University Disability Office. Applicants will need to fall under one or more of the following minority categories, including but not limited to:​

  • HEAR Scheme eligible students​
  • DARE Scheme eligible students
  • Members of the Traveller community​ and members of the Roma community
  • Lone Parents​ and Care Leavers
  • Women in STEM​

Successful applicants will be awarded €5,000 per year, up to a maximum duration of 5 years. Students must be registered with their local University Access Office and/or Disability Office, and also registered to one of the eligible courses in order to apply. There are 230 eligible courses across 13 universities. Contact the SETU Access Office for a full list of eligible courses here in SETU.

  • Each eligible student can apply through an online application, which will be available at the beginning of the 2026/2027 academic year.
  • A committee will rank each application based on the applicant’s indicators of disadvantage. Applications with intersectional layers of disadvantage will be prioritised e.g., a HEAR student registered to the disability services will receive a higher ranking than a HEAR student who does not fall within another under-represented category.
  • Successful applicants will be notified and awarded €5,000 per year for the duration of their studies in two seperate payments each year

In addition to the €5,000 offered to students per year, each successful applicant must take part in a mentorship programme that will be run through Insight. Each student will be provided with mentorship support from senior Insight academics and industry leaders.

Students will partake in an Insight and Google hosted event at least once per year. During these events, students will visit Google’s head office in Dublin and hear from academics and industry leaders with experience in AI, Digital Safety and STEM. Students will also have a chance to network with other Google Insight Scholarship recipients during these events.

Students will be provided with a list of further useful support services at each local university, which will be accessible through their local access offices.