Written answers
Tuesday, 13 November 2007
Department of Education and Science
Higher Education Grants
9:00 pm
Lucinda Creighton (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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Question 336: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of people applying for research grants for postgraduate studies for the years 2004, 2005 and 2006 and the college and course involved. [28084/07]
Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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My Department provides funding to the Irish Research Council for Humanities and Social Sciences, Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology and the Technological Sector Research programme for individual post graduate research applications. The number of applications, by institution, under the post graduate research schemes operated by these bodies for the years 2004, 2005 and 2006 is given in the table. The breakdown of applications by institutional course is not readily available.
IRCSET 2004-2006 Post Graduate Applications for funding by HEI | |
2004 Calls 1 & 2 | |
Institution | Applied |
DIT | 4 |
DIAS | 3 |
DCU | 70 |
GMIT | 2 |
IT Blanchardstown | 4 |
IT Carlow | 4 |
IT Cork | 9 |
IT Sligo | 3 |
IT Tallaght | 6 |
IT Tralee | 1 |
Limerick IT | 5 |
NUI Galway | 98 |
NUI Maynooth | 31 |
RCSI | 6 |
TCD | 123 |
UCC | 116 |
UCD | 135 |
UL | 82 |
WIT | 14 |
Total | 716 |
2005 1st Call | |
Institute | Applications |
Athlone IT | 1 |
Blanchardstown IT | 1 |
IT Carlow | 3 |
CIT | 2 |
DCU | 52 |
DIAS | 4 |
DIT | 4 |
Dundalk IT | 1 |
GMIT | 1 |
IT Tallaght | 3 |
IT Sligo | 2 |
NCI | 1 |
NUI Galway | 60 |
NUI Maynooth | 28 |
RCSI | 6 |
TCD | 75 |
UCC | 62 |
UCD | 107 |
UL | 66 |
WIT | 2 |
Total | 481 |
2005 2nd Call | |
Institution | Applied |
Athlone IT | 1 |
Cork IT | 2 |
DCU | 22 |
DIAS | 2 |
DIT | 3 |
GMIT | 1 |
Blanchardstown IT | 1 |
Carlow IT | 1 |
Letterkenny IT | 1 |
RCSI | 2 |
NUIG | 34 |
NUIM | 10 |
TCD | 42 |
UL | 35 |
UCC | 33 |
UCD | 52 |
WIT | 2 |
Total | 244 |
2006 2nd Call | |
Institution | Applied |
Athlone IT | 0 |
Blanchardstown IT | 1 |
IT Carlow | 5 |
CIT | 3 |
DCU | 38 |
DIAS | 2 |
DIT | 8 |
Dundalk IT | 0 |
GMIT | 3 |
IT Tallaght | 0 |
IT Tralee | 0 |
IT Sligo | 0 |
NCI | 0 |
NUI Galway | 43 |
NUI Maynooth | 5 |
RCSI | 8 |
TCD | 62 |
UCC | 64 |
UCD | 62 |
UL | 43 |
WIT | 2 |
Total | 349 |
First Call, 2006 Data | |
Institution | Applied |
Athlone IT | 0 |
Blanchardstown IT | 0 |
IT Carlow | 4 |
CIT | 10 |
DCU | 57 |
DIAS | 0 |
DIT | 7 |
Dundalk IT | 2 |
GMIT | 2 |
IT Tallaght | 6 |
IT Tralee | 2 |
IT Sligo | 0 |
NCI | 2 |
NUI Galway | 64 |
NUI Maynooth | 23 |
RCSI | 3 |
TCD | 88 |
UCC | 84 |
UCD | 65 |
UL | 46 |
WIT | 5 |
Total | 470 |
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