Financial supports

The main financial support available for eligible students attending full-time further and higher education courses is the student grant, which may include a maintenance grant or a fee grant, depending on eligibility.

Further information on bursaries and other financial supports and the criteria for the Free Fees Scheme are available at studentfinance.ie.

Other useful links:

• Information on other scholarship and bursary programmes can be found on gov.ie/dfheris 
• The Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI), Ireland’s national awarding authority for all higher and further education grants.
• The Programme for Access to Higher Education (PATH) is a dedicated fund, broken into three strands, committed to increasing participation by under-represented groups in higher education.