Grants

The O’Brien Bequest

Dr Daniel P. O’Brien was born in 1872 at Crecin, Tullow, Co. Carlow, and, as a student of St. Patrick’s Seminary, Tullow, he matriculated in the Royal University of Ireland in 1890. Having completed his medical studies in the Catholic University School of Medicine, St. Cecilia Street, Dublin, he obtained the qualification of LRCP & SI in 1895 and the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1897. He was on the staff of St. Vincent's Hospital, Dublin, for some time. Later in 1911, he passed the MB BCh BAO Degrees Examination of the National University of Ireland. He was in active practice in Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia for nearly forty years. Dr O’Brien bequeathed £3,320 in 1947 to the National University of Ireland. This bequest is used to fund awards as follows:

The NUI (O'Brien Bequest) Award Scheme for Students with Disabilities

Offered for 2009 (€11,000 overall)
Closing date for applications: 2 November 2009

Under this scheme, which is in operation since 1981, awards with a total value of €11,000 are provided for new entrant undergraduate students who have serious physical disabilities and who propose to pursue Primary Degree courses in the National University of Ireland.

Individual awards will be provided to new entrant undergraduate students who are registering for the first year of a Primary Degree course of studies, in one of the Constituent Universities or Recognised Colleges of NUI, and who have serious physical disabilities.

Applicants are required to submit evidence of their disability with their completed application forms.

The NUI (O'Brien Bequest) Equal Educational Opportunities Award Scheme

Offered for 2009 (€12,000 overall)
No Application Necessary

NUI is committed to promoting greater social equity in Irish higher education through securing increased participation in the Constituent Universities by economically disadvantaged students.

To provide further support, the Senate has introduced an NUI Equal Educational Opportunities Scheme to support a student or students in economically disadvantaged circumstances. In the academic year 2009/10 the sum of €2,500 will be available in each Constituent University, and €2,000 will also be allocated for the Recognised Colleges.

On the recommendation of the NUI Recognised Colleges Committee, it has been agreed that this funding will be allocated annually in rotation among the Recognised Colleges. In 2009, the funds will be allocated to the National College of Art and Design.

Decisions on the granting of these awards will be made by the Senate Standing Committee, on the recommendations of the Constituent Universities and the Recognised College concerned.
There are no special application procedures or entry requirements.

The Thomas Crawford Hayes Fund Scheme

Thomas Crawford Hayes, son of Frederick W. Hayes, a mill owner, was born at Seapatrick, Banbridge, Co. Down, on October 18th, 1843. He entered Trinity College, Dublin, in November 1861, as an Arts student. There he won a Senior Moderatorship and was a Gold Medallist. Later he left Dublin for London, where he qualified in Medicine in 1870, obtaining the Licence of the Society of Apothecaries, London. In 1873 he obtained the MB, BCh Degrees of Dublin University, followed two years later by the MD Degree and in 1889 he became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, London. He resided in London from 1900 until his death on April 5th, 1909.

The Bequest

In 1922 Miss Isabelle Hayes bequeathed £27,600 to the National University of Ireland, in memory of her late brother Dr Thomas Crawford Hayes, for the purpose of founding or aiding a Chair of Biology in the University and also for the furtherance and promotion of natural knowledge. The scheme has been modified to the effect that the income from the fund is now applied in the broad area of the Biological Sciences, as determined by the Trustees from time to time.

 

Grants Towards Scholarly Publications

Offered for 2009
The Publications Committee meets in June and December to consider applications made under the scheme. Applications should be submitted to the Registrar, National University of Ireland, 49 Merrion Square, Dublin 2 by 1 June for consideration at the June meeting, and by 1 December for the December meeting.

The University has traditionally provided a small number of grants-in-aid annually towards scholarly publications by staff of the NUI Constituent Universities, on the basis of individual applications to the Senate. The scheme under which these grants were made has been expanded and the level of funding increased. The scheme is open to full-time and part-time staff of the NUI Constituent Universities and Recognised Colleges.

Under the scheme, individual grants of up to €3,000 may be awarded following the Senate's consideration and approval of recommendations submitted by the NUI Publications Committee. This Committee considers applications at its meetings in June and December.