DCU Business School EI PhD Scholarship 2025

DCU Business School invites applications for a PhD scholarship for a researcher based in the Enterprise & Innovation group. The scholarship is open to applicants who will register in Year 1 of the full-time PhD programme at DCU Business School in 2025.

Our PhD programme combines scholarly theory-building with a strong applied focus. Research scholars work under the supervision of academic experts and are an important part of DCU Business School’s vibrant research community.

Further details on the Enterprise & Innovation group at DCU Business School, including faculty profiles, research interests and publications, are available here: https://business.dcu.ie/academic-staff/

Eligibility Criteria 

• • Applicants are required to meet the PhD eligibility criteria of DCU
  (https://www.dcu.ie/registry/making-postgraduate-research-application). They will
  normally hold an honours master’s degree (taught or by research).
  • Applicants must have the support of a DCU Business School academic
  supervisor who is based in the Enterprise & Innovation group. Potential supervisors can be identified from the DCU Business School website:
  https://business.dcu.ie/academic-staff/
• The DCU Business School EI Scholarship will only be awarded for full-time PhD study based at DCU for the period of the award. The successful applicant will register in year 1 in March 2025.
  • Applicants should indicate if they have any additional stipend or alternative external sources of funding. DCU Business School scholars on an annual stipend of €22,000 cannot normally be in receipt of a concurrent scholarship or educational grant
  greater than €4,000 per annum during the period of their scholarship.

The award will commence after 2nd March 2025. Please note that international applicants intending to travel to Ireland must meet the visa requirements for Ireland prior to the commencement of a scholarship. International applicants will not be able to receive scholarship payments until they have arrived in Ireland and set up a bank account and applied for a PPS number. 

Scholarship Application Guidelines and Process

All applicants are required to submit the following documentation in soft copy as a single PDF file:

• A fully completed 2025 DCU Business School PhD Scholarship Application Form. Applications should be typed. Signatures from you and your proposed DCU supervisor are also required. This form includes your research proposal.  For details on the requirements for the research proposal, please go to https://business.dcu.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Writing-a-Research-Proposal-DCUBS-PhD-Scholarship-1.pdf
• Scanned copies of a full set of original, notarised academic transcripts of results for all years of your undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, if not completed in DCU.
• IELTS or Duolingo Test results, if applicable. 
• Two references provided by independent referees who have knowledge of the candidate’s academic and/ or other professional achievements. Note that these referees should not be the proposed supervisor. 

• Applications should be submitted as a single PDF file by email to DCU Business School Research Officer, Ruth Finnegan (dcubsresearch@dcu.ie).
• The file name should be: surname_firstname_WPS_2025.pdf. 
• Late and incomplete applications will not be accepted. 
• The DCU Business School Research Officer will acknowledge receipt of applications by e-mail. 
• Applicants who choose to withdraw their application after submission should inform the Research Officer by email (dcubsresearch@dcu.ie) at their earliest convenience.
• Shortlisted applicants will be required to attend for interview in person or via zoom.
• Award of the scholarship is conditional on acceptance of a place on the PhD programme. 

Submission Dates

• Call opens on Tuesday 1st October 2024
• Applications must be received, in full, by 12 mid-day GMT on Thursday 2nd January 2025.
• Interviews will be held during the week of Monday 3rd February 2025. 

Assessment Process

• Applications will be assessed by a panel of evaluators from DCU Business School.
• Applicants will be assessed according to the specific weightings given to each of the sections of the application as follows: