IntroductionApplications are now sought for 12 new Trinity Research Doctorate awards, intended to support staff to recruit doctoral students in the academic year 2026-27 (September or March registrants). The call is open to all disciplines throughout the university (see below for details on thematic focus).
[Note: staff applicants must be eligible to take on the role of principal supervisor for a research doctorate student under current Calendar regulations].
Awards will be made in two categories:
Category 1 - PI-Led: Proposals related to a particular research project which the PI is undertaking or proposes to undertake. In this category specifically, applications are invited only from early career researchers who were appointed during or after the 2020/21 academic year.
Category 2 - Joint Student-PI: Joint proposals by the applicant doctoral student with the PI (open to all academic staff grades).
Up to six awards will be allocated in each category and each award will cover tuition fees (either EU or non-EU) for the recruited student for four years (full-time), as well as providing an annual stipend of €25,000. The allocation of the awards across the two categories is subject to the final decision of the Evaluation Panel. No additional funding is available to cover research or travel costs and students are liable for non-tuition fee-related charges (e.g., SLC charge, IRP costs). Each application will be expected to identify how the research will enhance our local and global social and sustainability ambitions (often referred to in Trinity as our social foundations and our ecological ceiling) e.g., through the research focus, the research process, those involved in the research.
More: https://www.tcd.ie/graduatestudies/awards/trda-pi/
