At a glance

• Value: €2,500
• You must be a currently registered postgraduate student of UCC to be eligible for this scholarship
• Questions about this scholarship can be directed to rmgs@ucc.ie

Mrs. Ita Kirwan, daughter of the late Professor Connell Boyle, formerly Professor of Agriculture and Dean of the Faculty of Dairy Science in UCC, and Professor Mary Boyle, formerly Professor of German in UCC, has donated a substantial sum of money to perpetuate the memory of her parents by endowing The Boyle Postgraduate Scholarship in German.

This scholarship in German Studies at University College Cork targets postgraduates (MA and PhD-students) who are registered at the Department of German at UCC. The scholarship supports research trips to a German-speaking country to advance the applicant’s research project.

The following conditions apply:

1. The award shall be termed "The Boyle Postgraduate Scholarship in German".

2. The Scholarship shall be offered annually and shall be open for competition among suitably qualified graduates of University College Cork in the subject German.

3. The general arrangement for the competition and the adjudication thereof shall be made by a Board consisting of the Head of the Department of German and the Department of German’s Research Committee.

4. The successful candidate shall be registered at the time of payment for a postgraduate degree in German at University College Cork. The current value of the Scholarship is €2,500 and shall be tenable for one year.

This Scholarship will be paid in two installments: the first sum will be paid before the research trip takes place; the second half will be paid following the student’s submission of their research trip report.

Interested students should apply in writing to Dr. Rachel MagShamhráin (rmgs@ucc.ie) with a project proposal of max 700 words by 1st February 2025.

As the intention of the scholarship is to facilitate travel to a German-speaking country for the purposes of research, the project proposal should include the following information and address the following points:

• Name, degree programme and student number of the applicant;

• Confirmation that the applicant is a graduate of UCC;

•  Provisional title of the project or area of proposed research;

• Proposed destinations (archive; university etc.) in a German-speaking country;

• Project description (what work / research the applicant intends to undertake at the institution / archive / location indicated above);

• Any other relevant information that provides rationale for one or more research visits to a German-speaking country.

Students should note that these research trips might be used to gain access to library or other (archival) materials not available in UCC or to interview an author about a literary project or translation.
In the event that there are several suitable submissions of equal calibre, applicants may be called for interview. The Scholarship shall prioritize those students who would otherwise have difficulty travelling to a German-speaking country for the purposes of research.

Note: These awards are funded from endowments made by the respective donors to the University for awards to be made in perpetuity. The funds donated are invested, and the annual income is the amount available for the award. Due to fluctuation in the investment market, the amounts available from year to year may vary, upwards and downwards; for this reason, the value of any award referred to in this section is indicative only, and may be higher or lower when the amount of the award is completed.