NUI Denis Donoghue Award
At a glance
- Value: From €2.000 to €5,000 per grant
- You must be a current Student to be eligible for this grant scheme
- Questions about this grant scheme can be directed to dssinfo@ucc.ie or info@nui.ie
This annual award was established in memory of Professor Denis Donoghue, a scholar of literature and former professor at University College Dublin (UCD). The award is generously supported by his daughter, the internationally acclaimed author Emma Donoghue.
The NUI Denis Donoghue Award aims to foster success and support excellence by providing monetary support to students from under-represented groups in higher education in Ireland.
This award is open to full-time and part-time students registered on an undergraduate degree programme in an NUI Institution, who have completed their first year/first stage, and who are part of one or more of the following groups:
- First-generation college students
- First-time mature students (23 or older on 1 January of their year of entry to higher education)
- Students with a disability / disabled students
- Members of the Irish Traveller community
- Further education and training award holders who have progressed to higher education
- Students who are lone parents
- Students fleeing conflict
- Students from ethnic minority groups
In 2026, NUI will offer at least ten individual awards, each valued from €2000 up to €5000.
The deadline for applications is 23 October 2026.
Please read the regulations below before applying.
To find out more visit: https://www.nui.ie/what-we-do/nui-awards/inclusion-grants/nui-denis-donoghue-award/
NUI Awards Ceremony 2022