CIT Risam PhD Scholarship

The Irish word Rísam, meaning “to strive or achieve”, underlines the purpose of this scholarship programme which is to promote high-end research directed towards the generation of new knowledge or original applications of existing knowledge.

The Rísam Scholarships are awarded on a competitive basis and research proposals must be aligned with CIT’s Research Prioritisation Thematic areas:

• Information & Communications Technology

• Maritime, Energy & Sustainable Environment

• Life Sciences & Wellbeing

• Health & Exercise

• Photonics

• Business

• Creative Arts & Multimedia

The following conditions will apply

• Full-­-time third-­-level students, where successful applicants are not in receipt of another grant or source of income;
• Registered on doctoral register or, in exceptional circumstances, the masters by research register;